§6.762ΑΘ. καὶ δὴ καὶ τοὺς ἀγρονόμους τούτους, ἐὰν ὑβρίζωσί τι περὶ τοὺς ὧν ἐπιμελοῦνται, προστάξεις τε προστάττοντες ἀνίσους, καὶ ἐπιχειροῦντες λαμβάνειν τε καὶ φέρειν τῶν ἐν ταῖς γεωργίαις μὴ πείσαντες, καὶ ἐὰν δέχωνταί τι κολακείας ἕνεκα διδόντων, ἢ καὶ δίκας ἀδίκως διανέμωσι, ταῖς μὲν θωπείαις ὑπείκοντες ὀνείδη φερέσθωσαν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ πόλει, τῶν δὲ ἄλλων ἀδικημάτων ὅτι ἂν ἀδικῶσι τοὺς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, τῶν μέχρι μνᾶς ἐν τοῖς κωμήταις καὶ γείτοσιν ὑπεχέτωσαν ἑκόντες δίκας, τῶν δὲ μειζόνων ἑκάστοτε ἀδικημάτων ἢ καὶ τῶν ἐλαττόνων, ἐὰν μὴ ʼθέλωσιν ὑπέχειν, πιστεύοντες τῷ μεθίστασθαι κατὰ μῆνας εἰς ἕτερον ἀεὶ τόπον φεύγοντες ἀποφευξεῖσθαι, τούτων πέρι λαγχάνειν μὲν ἐν ταῖς κοιναῖς δίκαις τὸν ἀδικούμενον, ἐὰν δʼ ἕλῃ, τὴν διπλασίαν πραττέσθω τὸν ὑποφεύγοντα καὶ μὴ ἐθελήσαντα ὑποσχεῖν ἑκόντα τιμωρίαν.
ATH.: And indeed also, as for these country-wardens, if they commit any insolence against those whom they supervise, by issuing unequal commands, and attempting to take and carry off the property of those engaged in agriculture without having persuaded them, and if they receive anything for the sake of flattery from those who give it, or even distribute justice unjustly, yielding to flatteries, let them bear reproach in the whole city. And for whatever other injustices they commit against those in the place, let them voluntarily submit to trials before the villagers and neighbors for matters up to one mina. But for the greater injustices, or even the smaller ones, if they are unwilling to submit, trusting that they will escape by constantly moving each month to another place, let the injured party bring suit in the public courts concerning these; and if he wins, let him exact double the amount from the one who evades and was unwilling to submit voluntarily to punishment.
διαιτάσθων δὲ οἵ τε ἄρχοντες οἵ τʼ ἀγρονόμοι τὰ δύο ἔτη τοιόνδε τινὰ τρόπον· πρῶτον μὲν δὴ καθʼ ἑκάστους τοὺς τόπους εἶναι συσσίτια, ἐν οἷς κοινῇ τὴν δίαιταν ποιητέον ἅπασιν·
And let both the officials and the country-wardens live their two years in some such manner as this: First indeed, in each of the places there must be communal meals, in which all must take their meals together.
ὁ δὲ ἀποσυσσιτήσας κἂν ἡντιναοῦν ἡμέραν, ἢ νύκτα ἀποκοιμηθείς, μὴ τῶν ἀρχόντων ταξάντων ἢ πάσης τινὸς ἀνάγκης ἐπιπεσούσης, ἐὰν ἀποφήνωσιν αὐτὸν οἱ πέντε, καὶ γράψαντες θῶσιν ἐν ἀγορᾷ καταλελυκότα τὴν φρουράν, ὀνείδη τε ἐχέτω τὴν πολιτείαν ὡς προδιδοὺς τὸ ἑαυτοῦ μέρος, κολαζέσθω τε πληγαῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ συντυγχάνοντος καὶ ἐθέλοντος κολάζειν ἀτιμωρήτως.
And whoever takes a meal away from the communal table for even a single day, or sleeps away for a night, without the officials having ordered it or some absolute necessity having fallen upon him, if the five officials denounce him and write and post in the marketplace that he has abandoned the guard, let him bear reproach in the state as one betraying his own part, and let him be punished with blows by anyone who meets him and wishes to punish him, with impunity.
τῶν δὲ ἀρχόντων αὐτῶν ἐάν τίς τι δρᾷ τοιοῦτον αὐτός, ἐπιμελεῖσθαι μὲν τοῦ τοιούτου πάντας τοὺς ἑξήκοντα χρεών, ὁ δὲ αἰσθόμενός τε καὶ πυθόμενος μὴ ἐπεξιὼν ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἐνεχέσθω νόμοις καὶ πλείονι τῶν νέων ζημιούσθω· περὶ τὰς τῶν νέων ἀρχὰς ἠτιμάσθω πάσας.
And if any of the officials themselves does any such thing, it is necessary for all sixty to pay attention to such a matter, and let the one who perceives and learns of it, but does not prosecute, be held under the same laws and be punished with a greater penalty than the youth; let him be disenfranchised in regard to all the offices of the youth.
τούτων δὲ οἱ νομοφύλακες ἐπίσκοποι ἀκριβεῖς ἔστωσαν, ὅπως ἢ μὴ γίγνηται τὴν ἀρχὴν ἢ γιγνόμενα τῆς ἀξίας δίκης τυγχάνῃ.
And let the guardians of the laws be strict overseers of these matters, so that either they do not happen at all, or if they do, they meet with the deserved punishment.
δεῖ δὴ πάντʼ ἄνδρα διανοεῖσθαι περὶ ἁπάντων ἀνθρώπων ὡς ὁ μὴ δουλεύσας οὐδʼ ἂν δεσπότης γένοιτο ἄξιος ἐπαίνου, καὶ καλλωπίζεσθαι χρὴ τῷ καλῶς δουλεῦσαι μᾶλλον ἢ τῷ καλῶς ἄρξαι, πρῶτον μὲν τοῖς νόμοις, ὡς ταύτην τοῖς θεοῖς οὖσαν δουλείαν, ἔπειτʼ ἀεὶ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις τε καὶ ἐντίμως βεβιωκόσι τοὺς νέους.
Indeed, every man must consider concerning all men that the one who has not served as a servant can never become a master worthy of praise, and one should pride oneself on serving well rather than on ruling well—first indeed to the laws, as this is service to the gods, and then the youth must always serve the elders and those who have lived honorably.
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα τῆς καθʼ ἡμέραν διαίτης δεῖ τῆς ταπεινῆς καὶ ἀπόρου γεγευμένον εἶναι τὰ δύο ἔτη ταῦτα τὸν τῶν ἀγρονόμων γεγονότα.
Following these things, the one who has been a country-warden must have tasted a humble and needy daily life for these two years.
§6.763ΑΘ. ἐπειδὰν γὰρ δὴ καταλεγῶσιν οἱ δώδεκα, συνελθόντες μετὰ τῶν πέντε, βουλευέσθωσαν ὡς οἷόνπερ οἰκέται οὐχ ἕξουσιν αὑτοῖς ἄλλους οἰκέτας τε καὶ δούλους, οὐδʼ ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων γεωργῶν τε καὶ κωμητῶν τοῖς ἐκείνων ἐπὶ τὰ ἴδια χρήσονται ὑπηρετήματα διακόνοις, ἀλλὰ μόνον ὅσα εἰς τὰ δημόσια·
ATH.: For when the twelve have been enrolled, having come together with the five, let them take counsel that, just like servants, they shall not have other servants and slaves for themselves, nor shall they use the slaves of the other farmers and villagers as ministers for their private needs, but only for what concerns public matters.
τὰ δʼ ἄλλα αὐτοὶ διʼ αὑτῶν διανοηθήτωσαν ὡς βιωσόμενοι διακονοῦντές τε καὶ διακονούμενοι ἑαυτοῖς, πρὸς δὲ τούτοις πᾶσαν τὴν χώραν διεξερευνώμενοι θέρους καὶ χειμῶνος σὺν τοῖς ὅπλοις φυλακῆς τε καὶ γνωρίσεως ἕνεκα πάντων ἀεὶ τῶν τόπων. κινδυνεύει γὰρ οὐδενὸς ἔλαττον μάθημα εἶναι διʼ ἀκριβείας ἐπίστασθαι πάντας τὴν αὑτῶν χώραν·
For other things, let them consider that they themselves must live by serving and being served by themselves. And in addition to these things, let them explore the whole country, both summer and winter, with their arms, for the sake of guarding and becoming acquainted with all the places always.
οὗ δὴ χάριν κυνηγέσια καὶ τὴν ἄλλην θήραν οὐχ ἧττον ἐπιτηδεύειν δεῖ τὸν ἡβῶντα ἢ τῆς ἄλλης ἡδονῆς ἅμα καὶ ὠφελίας τῆς περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα γιγνομένης πᾶσιν.
For it is likely that it is a study second to none to know one’s own country with accuracy; for the sake of which the young man must practice hunting with hounds and other kinds of chase no less for the sake of the other pleasure than for the benefit that arises from such things for everyone.
τούτους οὖν, αὐτούς τε καὶ τὸ ἐπιτήδευμα, εἴτε τις κρυπτοὺς εἴτε ἀγρονόμους εἴθʼ ὅτι καλῶν χαίρει, τοῦτο προσαγορεύων, προθύμως πᾶς ἀνὴρ εἰς δύναμιν ἐπιτηδευέτω, ὅσοι μέλλουσι τὴν αὑτῶν πόλιν ἱκανῶς σῴζειν.
These men, then, and their practice, whether one rejoices in calling them secret-guards or country-wardens or whatever appellation he pleases, let every man practice this zealously to the best of his power, as many as intend to save their own city sufficiently.
τὸ δὲ μετὰ τοῦτο ἀρχόντων αἱρέσεως ἀγορανόμων πέρι καὶ ἀστυνόμων πέρι ἦν ἡμῖν ἑπόμενον.
And that which followed this was for us concerning the election of officials, namely market-wardens and city-wardens.
ἕποιντο δʼ ἂν ἀγρονόμοις γε ἀστυνόμοι τρεῖς ἑξήκοντα οὖσιν, τριχῇ δώδεκα μέρη τῆς πόλεως διαλαβόντες, μιμούμενοι ἐκείνους τῶν τε ὁδῶν ἐπιμελούμενοι τῶν κατὰ τὸ ἄστυ καὶ τῶν ἐκ τῆς χώρας λεωφόρων εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἀεὶ τεταμένων καὶ τῶν οἰκοδομιῶν, ἵνα κατὰ νόμους γίγνωνται πᾶσαι, καὶ δὴ καὶ τῶν ὑδάτων, ὁπόσʼ ἂν αὐτοῖς πέμπωσι καὶ παραδιδῶσιν οἱ φρουροῦντες τεθεραπευμένα, ὅπως εἰς τὰς κρήνας ἱκανὰ καὶ καθαρὰ πορευόμενα, κοσμῇ τε ἅμα καὶ ὠφελῇ τὴν πόλιν.
And three city-wardens should follow the sixty country-wardens, dividing the twelve parts of the city into three, and imitating them by taking care of the streets in the city and the highways leading from the country always into the city, and of the buildings, so that they all may be built according to the laws, and indeed also of the waters, as many as those on guard send and hand over to them after having cared for them, so that flowing into the fountains in sufficient quantity and pure, they may both ornament and benefit the city.
δεῖ δὴ καὶ τούτους δυνατούς τε εἶναι καὶ σχολάζοντας τῶν κοινῶν ἐπιμελεῖσθαι· διὸ προβαλλέσθω μὲν πᾶς ἀνὴρ ἐκ τῶν μεγίστων τιμημάτων ἀστυνόμον ὃν ἂν βούληται, διαχειροτονηθέντων δὲ καὶ ἀφικομένων εἰς ἓξ οἷς ἂν πλεῖσται γίγνωνται, τοὺς τρεῖς ἀποκληρωσάντων οἷς τούτων ἐπιμελές, δοκιμασθέντες δὲ ἀρχόντων κατὰ τοὺς τεθέντας αὐτοῖς νόμους.
Indeed, these also must be capable and having leisure to care for public matters; wherefore let every man propose from the highest property classes whichever city-warden he wishes. And when they have been voted on and they have arrived at the six who have received the most votes, let those whose concern this is choose three by lot, and when they have been examined, let them rule according to the laws established for them.
ἀγορανόμους δʼ ἑξῆς τούτοις αἱρεῖσθαι μὲν ἐκ τῶν δευτέρων καὶ πρώτων τιμημάτων πέντε, τὰ δʼ ἄλλα αὐτῶν γίγνεσθαι τὴν αἵρεσιν καθάπερ ἡ τῶν ἀστυνόμων· δέκα ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων χειροτονηθέντας τοὺς πέντε ἀποκληρῶσαι, καὶ δοκιμασθέντας αὐτοὺς ἄρχοντας ἀποφῆναι.
And next to these, let them elect five market-wardens from the second and first property classes, and let the rest of their election be just like that of the city-wardens; from the ten voted on from the others, let them choose the five by lot, and when they have been examined, let them declare them officials.