Συγγραφεῖς
law-commissioners, registrars
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Translation
It was a custom amongst [the] Athenians, whenever necessary, to choose a particular group which, on a stated day, introduced proposals to the people, as Isocrates says.1 This happened before the establishment of the 400,2 according to Thucydides in his [book] 8: "at this crucial moment Peisandros and his entourage arrived and immediately took control of the remaining [matters]. And first they assembled the people and proposed that 10 men be chosen as commissioners with full powers, and that when these men had done their work they should bring a proposal before the people, on a stated day, as to how the city would be best managed".3 The total number of commissioners chosen at that time was 30, according to Androtion and Philochorus.4 Thucydides mentioned only the 10 probouloi.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συγγραφεῖς· εἰθισμένον ἦν παρ' Ἀθηναίοις, ὁπότε δέοι πλῆθός τι αἱρεῖσθαι, εἰς ῥητὴν ἡμέραν εἰσέφερε γνώμας εἰς τὸν δῆμον, ὡς Ἰσοκράτης φησί. τοῦτο δὲ καὶ πρὸ τῆς καταστάσεως τῶν νῦν ἐγίνετο, καθὰ Θουκυδίδης ἐν τῇ ηʹ· ἐν δὲ τούτῳ τῷ καιρῷ οἱ περὶ τὸν Πείσανδρον ἐλθόντες εὐθὺς τῶν λοιπῶν εἴχοντο. καὶ πρῶτον μὲν τὸν δῆμον συλλέξαντες εἶπον γνώμην, ιʹ ἄνδρας ἑλέσθαι συγγραφέας αὐτοκράτορας, τούτους δὲ συγγράψαντας γνώμην ἐξενεγκεῖν εἰς τὸν δῆμον ἐς ἡμέραν ῥητήν, καθότι ἄριστα ἡ πόλις οἰκήσεται. ἦσαν δὲ οἱ μὲν πάντες συγγραφεῖς λʹ οἱ τότε αἱρεθέντες, ὥς φησιν Ἀνδροτίων καὶ Φιλόχορος. ὁ δὲ Θουκυδίδης τῶν ιʹ ἐμνημόνευσε μόνων τῶν προβούλων.
Betacode
*suggrafei=s: ei)qisme/non h)=n par' *)aqhnai/ois, o(po/te de/oi plh=qo/s ti ai(rei=sqai, ei)s r(hth\n h(me/ran ei)se/fere gnw/mas ei)s to\n dh=mon, w(s *)isokra/ths fhsi/. tou=to de\ kai\ pro\ th=s katasta/sews tw=n nu=n e)gi/neto, kaqa\ *qoukudi/dhs e)n th=| h#: e)n de\ tou/tw| tw=| kairw=| oi( peri\ to\n *pei/sandron e)lqo/ntes eu)qu\s tw=n loipw=n ei)/xonto. kai\ prw=ton me\n to\n dh=mon sulle/cantes ei)=pon gnw/mhn, i# a)/ndras e(le/sqai suggrafe/as au)tokra/toras, tou/tous de\ suggra/yantas gnw/mhn e)cenegkei=n ei)s to\n dh=mon e)s h(me/ran r(hth/n, kaqo/ti a)/rista h( po/lis oi)kh/setai. h)=san de\ oi( me\n pa/ntes suggrafei=s l# oi( to/te ai(reqe/ntes, w(/s fhsin *)androti/wn kai\ *filo/xoros. o( de\ *qoukudi/dhs tw=n i# e)mnhmo/neuse mo/nwn tw=n probou/lwn.
Notes (4)
- Abbreviated from Harpokration s.v., commenting on Isocrates 7.58 (next note).
cf. xi 87. - 1Isocrates 7.58 (web address 1). ↩
- 2The Suda text is faulty here; Harpokration gives the number. ↩
- 3Thucydides 8.67.1 (web address 2). ↩
- 4Androtion FGrH 324 F43; Philochorus FGrH 328 F36. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Jul 2011
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented headword, note, keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added links, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead