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- ε2287Ἐπὶ Δελφινίῳat Delphinion, at DelphiniumAbridged from Harpokration. s.v., which cites Demosthenes 23.74 and ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 57.3. See also delta 206.
- ε1156Ἕνδεκα(the) Eleven… the Atticist epsilon37; also in Photius and elsewhere. cf. ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 52; Pollux 8.102; and eta 39.
- 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.
- 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 …
- 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.
- 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...".
- 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 …
- 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 …
- δ88Δατεῖσθαιto distribute… [1] Lysias fr. 7 Sauppe (still 7 Carey OCT); ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 56.6 (web address 1) with Rhodes 631.
- 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 …
- ε2611Ἐπιστάτηςchairman… for proedroi). [1] For the material so far cf. ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 44.1-2. (It then goes badly astray.)
- 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 …
- 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).
- 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.
- 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 …
- ε2238Ἐπιβολήthought, principle, impost, penalty, fine… to exact epibolai (summary fines) without reference to a court (Athenaion Politeia 56.7; cf. Lysias 30.3)'.
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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\ …