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α732Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλίαAthenians' ill-counsel[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who prosper against expectations and undeservedly. For taking decisions badly is practiced by Athenians; Athena offers to turn that which has been decided badly to good; …Matched in headwordhighmedium
ε2287Ἐπὶ Δελφινίῳat Delphinion, at DelphiniumAbridged from Harpokration. s.v., which cites Demosthenes 23.74 and ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 57.3. See also delta 206.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1156Ἕνδεκα(the) Eleven… the Atticist epsilon37; also in Photius and elsewhere. cf. ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 52; Pollux 8.102; and eta 39.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1475Δωροξενίαbribery by a foreigner… abbreviated from Harpokration s.v., where oratory (Lysias, Hyperides) and ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 59.3, are cited. [1] i.e., improperly enrolled as an Athenian citizen.Matched in noteshighshort
η39Ἡγεμονία δικαστηρίουpresidency of a jurycourt… time.) The ultimate source of the present entry is ?Aristotle. Athenaion Politeia 56-61, here much abridged. [1] a.k.a the Archon Eponymous (a)/rxwn e)pw/numos), because each Athenian civil year was named after him (e.g. the …Matched in noteshighmedium
α540Ἀδύνατοιincapables, handicappeds… Harpok., possessing less than three minas of property. [2] ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 49.4 (web address 1). [3] Lysias 24. 13, 26 (web addresses 2 and 3). [4] Philochorus FGrH 328 F197a.Matched in noteshighshort
μ817Μετρονόμοιweights-and-measures inspectors, metronomoi… are textually corrupt. Harpok. reports the correct ones from ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 51.2 (web address 1): "They were ten in number, five...five...".Matched in noteshighshort
χ560Χρυσῆ εἰκώνgolden image… oath see e.g. (with varying detail) Plato, Phaedrus 235D-E; ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 7.1 and 55.5; Plutarch, Solon 25.3. [1] i.e. the nine chief "magistrates" (office-holders) each year. [2] Delphi. [3] The text of this …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2467Ἐπιμεληταὶoverseers, superintendents… with the 10 superintendents of the Dionysia mentioned in ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 56.4 (web address 1); in any event an Athenian honorific decree from the 320s (IG II(2) 354) alludes to 'the superintendents appointed …Matched in noteshighshort
α729ἈθηναίαςAthenaiai, Athenaeae, Athenian women… reason: "for the men alone there," he says, "they call Athenaioi, but women Attikai, so that the married women might not bring shame upon the unmarried one by this name." But notice that Pherekrates …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ88Δατεῖσθαιto distribute… [1] Lysias fr. 7 Sauppe (still 7 Carey OCT); ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 56.6 (web address 1) with Rhodes 631.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε471Ἐκκλησίανassembly… were paid to attend meetings of the ekklesia (see ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 41.3, with M.H. Hansen, The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes (Oxford 1991) 150); however, this ancient comment seems to confuse …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2611Ἐπιστάτηςchairman… for proedroi). [1] For the material so far cf. ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 44.1-2. (It then goes badly astray.)Matched in noteshighmedium
η40Ἡγεμονία δικαστηρίουpresidency of a jurycourt… implicit source of the entry as a whole is ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 56-59 (web address 1). And see already eta 39. [1] Aeschines 3.14 (web address 2). [2] Reading a)/llai ktl at the start …Matched in noteshighmedium
β429Βουλεύσεωςconspiracy… Law (Oxford 1993) 106. [3] Isaeus fr. 62 Sauppe; ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 59.3 (web address 1); Dinarchus fr. XV.2 Conomis. [4] Demosthenes 25.28 (web address 2). [5] Hyperides, Against Athenogenes 18 (web address 3).Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2843ἘπώνυμοιEponyms… Photius' version by supplying the figure that (according to ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 21.6) was the size of this preliminary list as a whole.Matched in noteshighmedium
ει132Εἵλωςhelot… denoting ethnicity or nationality, usually membership of a polis, e.g. Athenaios = citizen of Athens. [3] In fact, even if this statement were true, they would not be descendants of captives in war in …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2238Ἐπιβολήthought, principle, impost, penalty, fine… to exact epibolai (summary fines) without reference to a court (Athenaion Politeia 56.7; cf. Lysias 30.3)'.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1786Κληρωτήριαallotment-machines… superseded by the even more complicated one described in ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 63-65. (For the best modern commentary on it, see D.M. MacDowell, The Law in Classical Athens (1978) 36-38.) In the play, Aristophanes …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1021Κατεχειροτόνησαν αὐτοῦthey voted to convict him… See on this P.J. Rhodes, A Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia (Oxford 1981) 527; and, on voting by show of hands in the Assembly, Hansen op.cit. 147-8. [1] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 1.15.11, on …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… language, with reference to magistrates: cf. Aristotle, Politics 1322a12; idem, Athenaion Politeia 4.2 strathgoi\ e(/noi; IG 12.324.26 *(ellhnotami/ai e(/noi; Demosthenes 25.20; epsilon 1197 ai( e(/nai a)rxai/. See also the common phrase e)/nh te kai\ …Matched in noteshighmedium