α1356Ἀλλ' οὐ λαχοῦσ' ἔπινες ἐν τῷ γράμματι
so did you not drink in your letter once you had been allotted it?
Aristophanes [sc. writes this]. ["Drink"] meaning served as a juror. For the Athenians were allotted [to juries] by letter from the 10 tribes. For example, the first [tribe] had alpha as its symbol, the second beta, as…
Ἀλλ' οὐ λαχοῦσ' ἔπινες ἐν τῷ γράμματι· Ἀριστοφάνης. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐδίκαζες. οἱ γὰρ Ἀθηναῖοι κατὰ γράμμα ἐκληροῦντο ἀπὸ τῶν ιʹ φυλῶν. οἷον ἡ πρώτη τὸ αʹ εἶχε σημεῖον, ἡ δευτέρα τὸ βʹ,…