Πρόβουλοι
probouloi, advisors
Translated by David Whitehead28 Jun 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Besides the existing ones they chose another 20, to introduce what was best for the constitution after the disaster in Sicily.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρόβουλοι· πρὸς τοῖς οὖσι διῃρέθησαν ἄλλοι κʹ εἰσηγησόμενοι τὰ δοκοῦντα τῇ πολιτείᾳ μετὰ τὴν ἐν Σικελίᾳ συμφοράν.
Betacode
*pro/bouloi: pro\s toi=s ou)=si dih|re/qhsan a)/lloi k# ei)shghso/menoi ta\ dokou=nta th=| politei/a| meta\ th\n e)n *sikeli/a| sumfora/n.
Notes
- Entry lacking, Adler reports, in ms F.
From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 421, where the word is used -- by a character who is, himself, a proboulos (web address 1).
The ultimate source is the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia (29.2): ten such officials were appointed in winter 413/12 BCE, a further twenty the following summer (web address 2).
References
Aristophanes, Lysistrata, edited with introduction and commentary by Jeffrey Henderson (Oxford 1987) 117
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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