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α344Ἀγραφίου δίκηdike agraphiou, lawsuit about erasure… result of a conviction, those in charge at the time about these matters write the debtors' names on notice-boards, appending how much the debt is [sc. in each case]. Whenever each one pays, the …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ150Χαυνοπολίταςgaping-citizens[Meaning them] gaping about the government, or the city.Matched in translationhighshort
κ2282Κωνσιστώριονconsistory… the term for the council and the organisation where discussions about urgent matters are held.Matched in translationhighshort
δ850Διαψήφισιςreview-balloting… the subject of accusation or has been mis-registered; e.g. Acharnians about Acharnians and the Eleusinians about Eleusinians and the remaining demesmen likewise. And this is called review-balloting. Accordingly, those who get more votes possess …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1710Ἐξηγηταίexpounders… the laws to people ignorant [of them], and giving intruction about the offence which each one describes.Matched in translationhighshort
λ339ΛεύκωμαwhiteboardA wall smeared with gypsum, suitable for notices about public business.Matched in translationhighshort
α2988Ἀπεκαρτέρησενstarved himself to death.… starved himself to death, in order that he would not destroy the laws which he had established."Matched in translationhighshort
ε721Ἐκφυλλοφορεῖνto leaf out… inside the jars. And at the same time the proof about them was also written on the leaves.Matched in translationhighshort
ει221Εἰσαγγελίαeisangelia, impeachment… to court] by the prytaneis, concerning communal and public crimes about which the laws say nothing explicit but do allow for judgements to be made. And this is, in effect, the [topic] of unwritten …Matched in translationhighshort
κ2524ΚτησιφῶνKtesiphon, Ctesiphon, Ctesipho… [sc. man of the same name] who drafted the decree about the crown for Demosthenes, the man who is the object of a speech by Aeschines.Matched in translationhighshort
ι465ἸωάννηςIoannes, Joannes, John [the Lydian]… the months, and another On Omens in the sky; and [about] some other mathematical hypotheses. These [books] are associated with a certain governor Gabrielios.Matched in translationhighshort
λ463Ληξιαρχικὸν γραμματεῖονlexiarchic register, deme register… manage their inherited property; which is how the name came about, from controlling [archein] lexeis; lexeis are both estates and properties. Lexis [is] the complaint in accordance with which we make a statement and …Matched in translationhighshort
κ635Καταλύειν τὸν δῆμονto undermine the people… the people", which can also bear the sense of "to destroy the democracy", was the generic crime which could justify an impeachment (eisangelia) in classical Athens (cf. epsiloniota 220, epsiloniota 221, epsiloniota 222). This …Matched in noteshighshort
ει220Εἰσαγγελίαeisangelia, impeachment… An eisangelia and a graphe differ. For an eisangelia comes about with reference to crimes which are major and public, but a graphe with reference also/even to minor ones. And properly [there is] a …Matched in translationhighshort
η174Ἥκισταleast, very little… as possible." And elsewhere: "since they were very little concerned about truth [...]". Meaning not at all. Iamblichus [writes]: "a man understanding very little how to lie, but exceptionally devoted to the truth." And …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… time a sign came from the sky. And Eunapius says about the emperor Carinus: "and all of his outbursts were more violent than a Zeus-omen and he used to have fits of rage in …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε237Ἐδικαίουwas judging… to be freed from blame ..." Appian [writes]: "Syphax, inquiring about the events, undertook to void the agreements and judged that neither the Romans should enter Libya nor the Carthaginians enter Italy in war. …Matched in translationhighmedium
γ48Γαμηλίαwedding-feast… wife [and] before a child was produced, this man testified about the marriage in accordance with the marriages by providing something for his phratry-members by way of festivity. And this is "bringing in a …Matched in translationhighmedium
β429Βουλεύσεωςconspiracy… sets of circumstances. One is when someone plots to bring about the death of somebody, irrespective of whether the target of the plot dies or not ; the other is when someone has been …Matched in translationhighmedium
η545ἩρώδηςHerodes… observed and are displayed throughout. He died of consumption aged about 76.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ377Λειπανδρεῖνto be short of men, to lack manpower… be nothing more than an escape-route from the biographical confusion about the number and names of the wives of Socrates (sigma 829). (For a greater readiness to believe in it see Patterson 142-3.)Matched in noteshighshort
ε3509ΕὐθυμένηςEuthymenes, Euthumenes… Euthymenes is mentioned. "One would like to know much more about the terms and effects of this measure, and not least who was supposed to be protected by it" (E.W. Handley in Cambridge History …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2744Κύρβειςkyrbeis, kurbeis, crested stelae, crested tablets[Meaning] three-sided planks, on which the [sc. Athenians'] laws about sacred matters were written as well as the civic ones. And those having the laws concerning private matters were called axles and were rectangular. …Matched in translationhighmedium
γ339Γνώμηjudgement, opinion, proposition… Arrian, Affairs after Alexander fr.10 Roos-Wirth (FGrH 156 F134). Presumably about Alexander himself; cf. Anabasis 7.27.3. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 169-170 (web address 1 below). [3] See gamma 336.Matched in noteshighshort
δ521Διαγνώμηdecree, resolution… also Thucydides 3.42.1 (Diodotus finds no fault with the resolution about Mytilene) and 3.67.7. cf. generally delta 522. [1] This parenthetical remark -- not in the scholion (above) -- appears to refer not to …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3770ΕὐτόκιοςEutokios, Eutocius… character for the better; but nevertheless, the Eleutheropolitans, being suspicious about the massive amount of money, did not accept Eutokios. He then moved to Askalon. And the leading man at that time, Krateros, received …Matched in translationhighmedium
α117ἈγαθοκλῆςAgathokles, Agathocles… the kiln and] the clay, he came to Syracuse, at about the age of eighteen, and in a short time, starting from such beginnings, he became master of the whole of Sicily, exposed the …Matched in translationhighmedium
γ439Γραφήpublic-suit, graphe… also gamma 440, gamma 445; and for the parallel entry about "private" prosecutions, delta 1089. [2] See generally M.H. Hansen, The Sovereignty of the People's Court in Athens in the Fourth Century B.C. and …Matched in noteshighshort
β109ΒάρβιοςBarbios, Barbius… scandal. I, as you see, decided not to be silent about this joke of fortune also."Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2504Ἐπιώψατοchose, oversaw… Lexicon Ambrosianum 1647. [2] In Plato, Laws 12.947C, a regulation about a deceased's relatives choosing youths for the funeral procession uses the aorist subjunctive middle, third person plural, of this verb (e)pio/ywntai) and does …Matched in noteshighshort