§43XLIII. τὰ μὲν οὖν περὶ τὴν τῶν πολιτῶν ἐγγραφὴν καὶ τοὺς ἐφήβους βους τοῦτον ἔχει τὸν τρόπον.
XLIII. Thus, the matters concerning the registration of the citizens and the ephebes are of this nature.
τὰς δ’ ἀρχὰς τὰς περὶ ἐγκύκλιον διοίκησιν ἁπάσας ποιοῦσι κληρωτὰς πλὴν ταμίου στρατιωτικῶν καὶ τῶν ἐπὶ τὸ θεωρικὸν καὶ τοῦ τῶν κρηνῶν ἐπιμελητοῦ.
They make all the offices concerned with the ordinary administration subject to allotment, except the treasurer of military funds, those in charge of the festival fund (theorikon), and the superintendent of the springs.
ταύτας δὲ χειροτονοῦσιν, καὶ οἱ χειροτονηθέντες ἄρχουσιν ἐκ Παναθηναίων εἰς Παναθήναια.
These they elect by show of hands, and those elected hold office from Panathenaia to Panathenaia.
[χ]ειροτονοῦσι δὲ καὶ τὰς πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον ἁπάσας.
They also elect by show of hands all the offices related to war.
βουλὴ δὲ κληροῦται φݲ, νݲ ἀπὸ φυλῆς ἑκάστης.
The Council is chosen by lot, numbering five hundred, fifty from each tribe.
πρυτανεύει δ’ ἐν μέρει τῶν φυλῶν ἑκάστη καθ’ ὅ τι ἂν λάχωσιν, αἱ μὲν πρῶται τέτταρες ἓξ καὶ λ ἡμέρας ἑκάστη, αἱ δὲ ς αἱ ὕστεραι ε καὶ λ ἡμέρας ἑκάστη· κατὰ σελήνην γὰρ ἄγουσιν τὸ[ν] ἐνιαυτόν.
Each of the tribes acts as prytaneis in turn, in whatever order they may draw by lot: the first four thirty-six days each, and the later six thirty-five days each; for they regulate the year according to the moon.
οἱ δὲ πρυτανεύοντες αὐτῶν πρῶτον μὲν συσσιτοῦσιν ἐν τῇ θόλῳ, λαμβάνοντες ἀργύριον παρὰ τῆς πόλεως, ἔπειτα συνάγουσιν καὶ τὴν βουλὴν καὶ τὸν δῆμον· μὲν οὖν βουλὴν ὅσαι ἡμέραι, πλὴν ἀάν τις ἀφέσιμος ᾖ, τὸν δὲ δῆμον τετράκις τῆς πρυτανείας ἑκάστης.
Those who act as prytaneis, first of all, mess together in the Tholos, receiving money from the city, and then they convene both the Council and the people: the Council indeed every day, except if any day is a holiday, and the people four times in each prytany.
καὶ ὅσα δεῖ χρηματίζειν τὴν βουλὴν καὶ ὅ τι ἐν ἑκάστῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ὅπου καθίζειν οὗτοι προγράφουσι. προυράφουσι δὲ καὶ ἐκκλησίας οὗτοι·
And they post a program of the matters which the Council must discuss, and what is to be done on each day, and where they are to sit.
μίαν μὲν κυρίαν ἐν ᾖ δεῖ τὰς ἀρχὰς ἐπιχειροτονεῖν εἰ δοκοῦσι καλῶς ἄρχειν, καὶ περὶ σίτου καὶ περὶ φυλακῆς τῆς χώρας χρηματίζειν, καὶ τὰς εἰσαγγελίας ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοὺς βουλομένους ποιεῖσθαι, καὶ τὰς ἀπογραφὰς τῶν δημευομένων ἀναγιγνώσκειν καὶ τὰς λήξεις τῶν κλήρων καὶ τῶν ἐπικλήρων [ἀναγινώσκειν], ὅπως μηδένα λάθῃ μηδὲν ἔρημον γενόμενον.
They also post the program for the assemblies: one "sovereign" (kyria) assembly, in which they must vote on the confirmation of the magistrates to see if they are thought to perform their duties well, and discuss grain and the defense of the country, and on this day those who wish may bring impeachments (eisangeliai), and they read the inventories of confiscated property, and the claims to inheritances and heiresses, so that no property may become vacant without anyone's knowledge.
ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς ἕκτης πρυτανείας πρὸς τοῖς εἰρημένοις καὶ περὶ τῆς ὀστρακοφορίας ἐπιχειροτονίαν διδόασιν εἰ δοκεῖ ποιεῖν ὴ μή, καὶ συκοφαντῶν προβολὰς τῶν Ἀθηναίων καὶ τῶν μετοίκων μεχρι τριῶν ἑκατέρων, κἄν τ[ι]ς ὑποσχόμενός τι μὴ ποιήσῃ τῷ δήμῳ.
In the sixth prytany, in addition to the matters mentioned, they also put to the vote the question of ostracism, whether it seems best to hold it or not, and preliminary indictments (probolai) against informers (sycophants), both Athenians and metics, up to three of each, and against anyone who has made a promise to the people and failed to perform it.
ἑτέραν δὲ ταῖς ικετηρίαις, ἐν ᾖ θεὶς ὁ βουλόμενος ἱκετηρίαν [ὑπὲρ] ὧν ἂν βούληται | καὶ ἰδίων καὶ δημοσίων διαλέξεται πρὸς τὸν δῆμον.
A second assembly is for petitions, in which anyone who wishes, having placed a petition-badge (hiketeria) concerning whatever he wants, whether private or public, may address the people.
αἱ δὲ δύο περὶ τῶν ἄλλων εἰσίν, ἐν αἷς κελεύουσιν οἱ νόμοι τρία μὲν ἱερῶν χρηματίζειν, τρία δὲ κήρυξιν καὶ πρεσβείαις, τρία δὲ όσίων·
The other two assemblies are for other matters, in which the laws command them to discuss three items concerning sacred matters, three concerning heralds and embassies, and three concerning secular matters.
χρηματίζουσιν δ’ ἐνίτε καὶ ἂνευ προχειροτονίας.
Sometimes they also discuss matters without a preliminary vote.
προσέρχονται δὲ καὶ οἱ κήρυκες καὶ οἱ πρέσβεις τοῖς πρυτάνεσιν πρῶτον, καὶ οἱ τὰς ἐπιστολὰς φέροντες τούτοις ἀποδιδόασι.
Heralds and ambassadors also go first to the prytaneis, and those who bring letters deliver them to these.
§44XLIV. ἔστι δ’ ἐπιστάτης τῶν πρυτάνεων εἷς ό λαχών· οὗτος δ’ ἐπιστατεῖ νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν οὔτε πλείω χρόνον οὔτε δὶς τὸv αὀτὸv γενέσθαι.
XLIV. There is one president (epistates) of the prytaneis, chosen by lot; this man acts as president for a night and a day, and it is not permitted for anyone to hold the office for a longer time, nor to become the same person twice.
τηρεῖ δ’ οὗτος τάς τε κλεῖς τὰς τῶν ἱερῶν, ἐν οἷς τὰ χρήματ’ ἔστιν καὶ γράμματα τῇ πόλει, καὶ τὴν δημοσίαν καὶ μένειν ἀναγκαῖον ἐν τῇ θόλῳ τοῦτόν ἐστιν καὶ τριττὺν τῶν πρυτάνεων ἣν ἂν οὗτος κελεύῃ.
He keeps the keys of the temples in which the funds and the public documents of the city are kept, and the public seal; and it is necessary for him to remain in the Tholos, along with a third part of the prytaneis whom he may order.
καὶ ἐπειδὰν συναγάφωσιν οἱ πρυτάνεις τὴν βουλὴν ἢ τὸν δῆμον, οὗτος κληροῖ προέδρους ἐννέα, ἕνα ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς ἑκάστης πλὴν τῆς πρυτανευούσης, καὶ πάλιν ἐκ τούτων ἐπιστάτην ἕνα, καὶ παραδίδωσι τὸ πρόγραμμα αὐτοῖς·
And when the prytaneis convene the Council or the people, this man chooses by lot nine chairmen (proedroi), one from each tribe except the one acting as prytaneis, and again from these one president, and delivers the program to them.
οἱ δὲ παραλαβόντες τῆς τ’ εὐκοσμίας ἐπιμελοῦνται καὶ ὑπὲρ ὧν δεῖ χρηματίζειν προτιθέασιν καὶ τὰς χειροτονίας κρίνουσιν καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα διοικοῦσιν καὶ τοῦ [τ᾿] ἀφεῖναι κύριοί καὶ ἐπιστατῆσαι μὲν οὐκ ἔξεστιν πλέον ἢ ἅπαξ ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ, προεδρεύειν δ’ ἔξεστιν ἅπαξ ἐπὶ τῆς πρυτανείας ἑκάστης.
Those who receive it take care of good order, introduce the matters to be discussed, judge the voting by show of hands, manage all other things, and have the authority to dismiss the assembly. And it is not permitted to act as president more than once in the year, but it is permitted to act as chairman once in each prytany.
ποιοῦσι δὲ καὶ ἀρχαιρεσίας στρατηγῶν καὶ ἱππάρχων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον ἀρχῶν ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ, καθ’ ὅ τι ἂν τῷ δήμῳ δοκῇ· ποιοῦσι δ’ οἱ μετὰ τὴν ݲ πρυτανεύοντες ἐφ’ ὧν ἂν εὐσημία γένηται.
They also hold the elections of generals, cavalry commanders (hipparchs), and the other offices related to war in the assembly, in whatever way seems best to the people; and those who act as prytaneis after the sixth prytany conduct them, whenever favorable omens occur.
δεῖ δὲ προβούλευμα γενέσθαι καὶ περὶ τούτων.
It is necessary that there be a preliminary decree (probouleuma) concerning these matters as well.