§6.758ΑΘ. οὕτω δὴ χρηστέον ἀναγκαίως μὲν τοῖν ἰσοτήτοιν ἀμφοῖν, ὡς δʼ ὅτι μάλιστα ἐπʼ ὀλιγίστοις τῇ ἑτέρᾳ, τῇ τῆς τύχης δεομένῃ.
ATH.: Thus, indeed, it is necessary to make use of both equalities, but of the other, which stands in need of fortune, as much as possible in the fewest instances.
ταῦτα οὕτως διὰ ταῦτα, ὦ φίλοι, ἀναγκαῖον τὴν μέλλουσαν σῴζεσθαι δρᾶν πόλιν·
These things being so, my friends, it is necessary for a city that is to be preserved to act in this way because of these reasons.
ἐπειδὴ δὲ ναῦς τε ἐν θαλάττῃ πλέουσα φυλακῆς ἡμέρας δεῖται καὶ νυκτὸς ἀεί, πόλις τε ὡσαύτως ἐν κλύδωνι τῶν ἄλλων πόλεων διαγομένη καὶ παντοδαπαῖσιν ἐπιβουλαῖς οἰκεῖ κινδυνεύουσα ἁλίσκεσθαι, δεῖ δὴ διʼ ἡμέρας τε εἰς νύκτα καὶ ἐκ νυκτὸς συνάπτειν πρὸς ἡμέραν ἄρχοντας ἄρχουσιν, φρουροῦντάς τε φρουροῦσιν διαδεχομένους ἀεὶ καὶ παραδιδόντας μηδέποτε λήγειν.
And since a ship sailing at sea always stands in need of watching by day and night, and a city likewise, living in the surge of other cities and in danger of being captured by all kinds of plots, must indeed from day into night, and from night into day, join officials to officials, and guards succeeding guards, always receiving and handing over, and never cease.
πλῆθος δὲ οὐ δυνατὸν ὀξέως οὐδέποτε οὐδὲν τούτων πράττειν, ἀναγκαῖον δὲ τοὺς μὲν πολλοὺς τῶν βουλευτῶν ἐπὶ τὸν πλεῖστον τοῦ χρόνου ἐᾶν ἐπὶ τοῖς αὑτῶν ἰδίοισι μένοντας εὐθημονεῖσθαι τὰ κατὰ τὰς αὑτῶν οἰκήσεις, τὸ δὲ δωδέκατον μέρος αὐτῶν ἐπὶ δώδεκα μῆνας νείμαντας, ἓν ἐφʼ ἑνὶ παρέχειν αὐτοὺς φύλακας ἰόντι τέ τινί ποθεν ἄλλοθεν εἴτε καὶ ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς πόλεως ἑτοίμως ἐπιτυχεῖν, ἄντε ἀγγέλλειν βούληταί τις ἐάντʼ αὖ πυνθάνεσθαί τι τῶν ὧν προσήκει πόλει πρὸς πόλεις ἄλλας ἀποκρίνεσθαί τε, καὶ ἐρωτήσασαν ἑτέρας, ἀποδέξασθαι τὰς ἀποκρίσεις, καὶ δὴ καὶ τῶν κατὰ πόλιν ἑκάστοτε νεωτερισμῶν ἕνεκα παντοδαπῶν εἰωθότων ἀεὶ γίγνεσθαι, ὅπως ἂν μάλιστα μὲν μὴ γίγνωνται, γενομένων δέ, ὅτι τάχιστα αἰσθομένης τῆς πόλεως ἰαθῇ τὸ γενόμενον·
But it is never possible for a multitude to perform any of these things quickly; and it is necessary to leave the majority of the councilors for the most of the time to remain at their own private affairs and manage their own households well, and having divided a twelfth part of them for twelve months, to provide them, one by one, as guards, so that anyone coming from elsewhere or even from the city itself may readily meet them, whether someone wishes to report something or on the other hand to inquire about any of those things which it concerns a city to answer to other cities, and having questioned others, to receive their answers, and indeed also on account of all kinds of innovations in the city which are always accustomed to happen, so that they may preferably not happen, but if they do happen, the city, perceiving it as quickly as possible, may remedy what has happened.
διʼ ἃ συλλογῶν τε ἀεὶ δεῖ τοῦτο εἶναι τὸ προκαθήμενον τῆς πόλεως κύριον καὶ διαλύσεων, τῶν τε κατὰ νόμους τῶν τε ἐξαίφνης προσπιπτουσῶν τῇ πόλει.
Because of these things, this presiding body must always have authority over the assemblies and dissolutions of the city, both those according to the laws and those that suddenly fall upon the city.
ταῦτα μὲν οὖν πάντα τὸ δωδέκατον ἂν μέρος τῆς βουλῆς εἴη τὸ διακοσμοῦν, τὰ ἕνδεκα ἀναπαυόμενον τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ μέρη·
Therefore, all these things would be what the twelfth part of the council arranges, resting for eleven parts of the year.
κοινῇ δὲ μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἀρχῶν δεῖ τὰς φυλακὰς ταύτας φυλάττειν κατὰ πόλιν τοῦτο τὸ μόριον τῆς βουλῆς ἀεί.
And this portion of the council must always keep these watches throughout the city in common with the other offices.
καὶ τὰ μὲν κατὰ πόλιν οὕτως ἔχοντα μετρίως ἂν εἴη διατεταγμένα· τῆς δὲ ἄλλης χώρας πάσης τίς ἐπιμέλεια καὶ τίς τάξις;
And the affairs throughout the city, being in this way, would be moderately arranged; but for all the rest of the territory, what is the care and what is the order?
ἆρα οὐχ ἡνίκα πᾶσα μὲν ἡ πόλις, σύμπασα δὲ ἡ χώρα κατὰ δώδεκα μέρη διανενέμηται, τῆς πόλεως αὐτῆς ὁδῶν καὶ οἰκήσεων καὶ οἰκοδομιῶν καὶ λιμένων καὶ ἀγορᾶς καὶ κρηνῶν, καὶ δὴ καὶ τεμενῶν καὶ ἱερῶν καὶ πάντων τῶν τοιούτων, ἐπιμελητὰς δεῖ τινας ἀποδεδειγμένους εἶναι;
Is it not the case that, since the whole city and the entire territory have been divided into twelve parts, there must be certain officials appointed as overseers of the roads of the city itself, and of the houses, buildings, harbors, market, springs, and indeed also of the sacred precincts, temples, and all such things?
ΚΛ. πῶς γὰρ οὔ;
CLE.: Of course, how could there not be?
§6.759ΑΘ. λέγωμεν δὴ τοῖς μὲν ἱεροῖς νεωκόρους τε καὶ ἱερέας καὶ ἱερείας δεῖν γίγνεσθαι· ὁδῶν δὲ καὶ οἰκοδομιῶν καὶ κόσμου τοῦ περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα, ἀνθρώπων τε, ἵνα μὴ ἀδικῶσιν, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων θηρίων, ἐν αὐτῷ τε τῷ τῆς πόλεως περιβόλῳ καὶ προαστείῳ ὅπως ἂν τὰ προσήκοντα πόλεσιν γίγνηται, ἑλέσθαι δεῖ τρία μὲν ἀρχόντων εἴδη, περὶ μὲν τὸ νυνδὴ λεχθὲν ἀστυνόμους ἐπονομάζοντα, τὸ δὲ περὶ ἀγορᾶς κόσμον ἀγορανόμους. ἱερῶν δὲ ἱερέας, οἷς μέν εἰσιν πάτριαι ἱερωσύναι καὶ αἷς, μὴ κινεῖν· εἰ δέ, οἷον τὸ πρῶτον κατοικιζομένοις εἰκὸς γίγνεσθαι περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα, ἢ μηδενὶ ἤ τισιν ὀλίγοις, οἷς μὴ καθεστήκοι καταστατέον ἱερέας τε καὶ ἱερείας νεωκόρους γίγνεσθαι τοῖς θεοῖς.
ATH.: Let us say, then, that for the temples there must be temple-keepers, priests, and priestesses; and for the roads, buildings, and the order concerning such things, and for men, so that they may not do injustice, and for other beasts, within the very enclosure of the city and in the suburb, so that what is fitting for cities may happen, it is necessary to choose three kinds of officials, naming those concerned with what was just now said "city-wardens," and those concerned with the order of the market "market-wardens." And as for the temples, where there are ancestral priesthoods for men and women, they should not be disturbed; but if, as is likely to happen concerning such things for those first founding a colony, there are none established for anyone or only for a few, one must establish priests and priestesses to become temple-keepers for the gods for those who do not have them established.
τούτων δὴ πάντων τὰ μὲν αἱρετὰ χρή, τὰ δὲ κληρωτὰ ἐν ταῖς καταστάσεσι γίγνεσθαι, μειγνύντας πρὸς φιλίαν ἀλλήλοις δῆμον καὶ μὴ δῆμον ἐν ἑκάστῃ χώρᾳ καὶ πόλει, ὅπως ἂν μάλιστα ὁμονοῶν εἴη.
Of all these, indeed, some must be elected, and others chosen by lot in their appointments, mixing the people and the non-people in friendship with one another in every district and city, so that they may be as harmonious as possible.
τὰ μὲν οὖν τῶν ἱερέων, τῷ θεῷ ἐπιτρέποντα αὐτῷ τὸ κεχαρισμένον γίγνεσθαι, κληροῦν οὕτω τῇ θείᾳ τύχῃ ἀποδιδόντα, δοκιμάζειν δὲ τὸν ἀεὶ λαγχάνοντα πρῶτον μὲν ὁλόκληρον καὶ γνήσιον, ἔπειτα ὡς ὅτι μάλιστα ἐκ καθαρευουσῶν οἰκήσεων, φόνου δὲ ἁγνὸν καὶ πάντων τῶν περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα εἰς τὰ θεῖα ἁμαρτανομένων αὐτὸν καὶ πατέρα καὶ μητέρα κατὰ ταὐτὰ βεβιωκότας.
Therefore, indeed, as for the affairs of the priests, leaving it to the god himself to have what is pleasing to him happen, one must cast lots in this way, leaving it to divine fortune, but examine the one who from time to time wins the lot, first indeed that he is whole and legitimate, then as much as possible from pure households, and clean of murder and of all such offenses against divine things, both himself and his father and mother having lived in the same manner.
ἐκ Δελφῶν δὲ χρὴ νόμους περὶ τὰ θεῖα πάντα κομισαμένους καὶ καταστήσαντας ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς ἐξηγητάς, τούτοις χρῆσθαι.
And it is necessary, having brought laws from Delphi concerning all divine things and having established interpreters for them, to make use of them.
κατʼ ἐνιαυτὸν δὲ εἶναι καὶ μὴ μακρότερον τὴν ἱερωσύνην ἑκάστην, ἔτη δὲ μὴ ἔλαττον ἑξήκοντα ἡμῖν εἴη γεγονὼς ὁ μέλλων καθʼ ἱεροὺς νόμους περὶ τὰ θεῖα ἱκανῶς ἁγιστεύσειν· ταὐτὰ δὲ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἱερειῶν ἔστω τὰ νόμιμα.
And each priesthood must be for a year and no longer, and he who is to perform the sacred rites sufficiently concerning divine things according to the sacred laws must be for us not less than sixty years old; and let the same regulations hold also concerning priestesses.
τοὺς δὲ ἐξηγητὰς τρὶς φερέτωσαν μὲν αἱ τέτταρες φυλαὶ τέτταρας, ἕκαστον ἐξ αὑτῶν, τρεῖς δέ, οἷς ἂν πλείστη γένηται ψῆφος, δοκιμάσαντας, ἐννέα πέμπειν εἰς Δελφοὺς ἀνελεῖν ἐξ ἑκάστης τριάδος ἕνα· τὴν δὲ δοκιμασίαν αὐτῶν καὶ τοῦ χρόνου τὴν ἡλικίαν εἶναι καθάπερ τῶν ἱερέων.
And as for the interpreters, let the four tribes propose four, three times, each from themselves, and having examined three who receive the most votes, let them send nine to Delphi to select one from each triad; and let their examination and age of life be just as those of the priests.
οὗτοι δὲ ἔστων ἐξηγηταὶ διὰ βίου· τὸν δέ γε λιπόντα προαιρείσθωσαν αἱ τέτταρες φυλαὶ ὅθεν ἂν ἐκλίπῃ.
And let these be interpreters for life; and if any one of them leaves a vacancy, let the four tribes choose a successor from the tribe from which he was missing.