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- α731ἈθήναιοςAthenaios, AthenaeusFl. c. AD 200. See generally RE Athenaios(22); NP Athenaios(3); OCD4 Athenaeus(1); Olson (2006), vii. [1] In Egypt (see nu 58). [2] cf. delta 359, sigma 1397. What follows is excerpted from Athenaeus 1.3D-4A …
- μ1162ΜνησιθείδηςMnesitheides, Mnesithides… the Athenian eponymous archon of 457/6 BCE (mentioned in ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 26.2 [web address 1]); also the name of one of the Athenian "Thirty Tyrants" of 404/3.
- ε1156Ἕνδεκα(the) Eleven… the Atticist epsilon37; also in Photius and elsewhere. cf. ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 52; Pollux 8.102; and eta 39.
- ε470Ἐκκλησία κυρίαprincipal assembly… [1] cf. epsilon 471. On the ekklesiai see generally ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 43.3-5, with P.J. Rhodes, A Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia (Oxford, 1981) ad loc. Also M.H. Hansen, The Athenian Democracy in …
- α2487Ἀνθέμιονflower… location on the Athenian acropolis. (For this last, see ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 7.4.) The 'pure gold' sense is attested in the Septuagint: Ecclesiastes 12.6. [1] Western Roman Emperor 467-472 (OCD(4) p.97).
- κ525Κατὰ δήμους δικασταίdeme justices, justices by demes… Athens itself. See generally the authority whom Harpok. cites: ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 53.
- λ523Λίθος[the] stone… fig. 75. [1] Demosthenes 54.26 (web address 1). [2] ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 7.1 and 55.5; Philochorus FGrH 328 F21.
- 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 …
- α4269Ἀστυνόμοςtown-superintendent, astynomos… into e)/melle. [2] The primary source (via Harpok.) is Aristotle(?), Athenaion Politeia 50.2 (web address 1); see also e.g. Demosth. 24.112, above (web address 2). For the dung-collectors cf. alpha 2437.
- κ2759Κυρίαsovereignty… prytany (thus ten per year) in Aristotle's time; see ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 43.4-6 (web address 1), and cf. epsilon 470, kappa 2760. [3] Quotation (and incident -- not likely to be Athenian) unidentifiable. [4] …
- λ812Λυκόποδεςwolf-feet, white-feet… needed ("take"). [2] The mss read (nonsensically) "Peisistratoi". [3] ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 19.2; cf. epsilon 2440.
- ε2505Ἐπὶ Παλλαδίῳat Palladion, at Palladium… of the headword phrase in Demosthenes 23.71 (and citing ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 57.3). See also e.g. Pausanias 1.28.9. [1] Phanodemos FGrH 325 F12. [2] Klei(to)demos FGrH 323 F12. For the mysterious Ephetai cf. epsilon …
- 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).
- κ2744Κύρβειςkyrbeis, kurbeis, crested stelae, crested tablets… king was called kurbasi/a (kappa 2741, kappa 2742). [6] ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 7.1 (web address 1). [7] This stoa, erected in the last quarter of the 6th century BCE, stood in the northeast corner …
- 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 …