§56LVI. λαμβάνουσι δὲ καὶ παρέδρους ὅ τ’ ἄρχων καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ὁ πολέμαχος δύο ἕκαστος οὓς ἂν βούληται, καὶ οὗτοι δοκιμάζονται ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ τρὶν παρεδρεύειν, καὶ εὐθύνας διδόασιν ἐπὰν παρεδρεύσωσιν.
LVI. The archon, the king, and the polemarch also take two assessors each, whomsoever they wish, and these are examined in the court before they act as assessors, and they render accounts when they have completed their service.
καὶ ὁ μὲν ἄρχων εὐθὺς εἰσελθὼν πρῶτον μὲν κηρύττει, ὅσα τις εἶχεν πρὶν αὐτὸν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ἀρχήν, ταῦτ’ ἔχειν καὶ κρατεῖν μέχρι ἀρχῆς τέλους.
And the archon, immediately upon entering office, first makes a proclamation that whatever anyone possessed before his entry into office, he shall possess and hold until the end of his term.
ἔπειτα χορηγοὺς τραγῳδοῖς καθίστησι τερεῖς ἐξ ἁπάντων Ἀθηναίων τοὺς πλουσιωτάτους· πρότερον δὲ καὶ κωμῳδοῖς καθίστη πέντε, νῦν δὲ τούτοις αἱ φυλαὶ φέρουσιν.
Next, he appoints three chorēgoi for tragedy, from all the Athenians, selecting the wealthiest; formerly he also appointed five for comedy, but now the tribes present these.
ἔπειτα παραλαβὼν τοὺς χορηγοὺς τοὺς ενηνεγμένους ὑπὸ τῶν φυλῶν εἰς Διονύσια ἀνδράσιν καὶ παισὶν καὶ κωμῳδοῖς, καὶ εἰς θαργήλια ἀνδράσιν καὶ παισίν (εἰσὶ δ’ οἱ μὲν εἰς Διονύσια φυλάς, εἰς Θαργήλια δυοῖν φυλαῖν εἷς· παρέχει δ’ ἐν μ[έρ]ει τῶν φυλῶν) τούτοις τὰς ἀντιδόσεις ποιεῖ καὶ τὰς σκήψεις εἰσ[άγει, ἐά]ν τις ἢ λελῃτουργη[κέ]ν[αι] φῇ πρότερον ταύτην τὴν λῃτουρ[γίαν, ἢ ἀ]τελὴς εἶναι, λελῃτ[ου]ργ[ηκὼς ἑ]τέραν λῃτουργίαν καὶ τῶν χρόνων αὐτῷ τῆς ἀτελ]είας μὴ ἐξεληλυθό[των, ἢ τὰ] ἔτη μὴ γεγονέναι· δεῖ γὰρ τὸν τοῖς παι[σὶν χορ]ηγοῦντα ὑπὲρ τετταρά[κον]τα ἔτη γεγονέναι.
Next, having received the chorēgoi presented by the tribes for the Dionysia, for men, boys, and comedy, and for the Thargelia, for men and boys (and there is one for the Dionysia from each tribe, and for the Thargelia one from two tribes, each of the tribes providing him in turn), he arranges the challenges to exchange property (antidoseis) and brings in the claims for exemption (skepseis), if anyone says that he has already performed this liturgy before, or that he is exempt because he has performed another liturgy and the times of his exemption have not expired, or that he is not of the required age; for the chorēgos for boys must be over forty years of age.
καθίστησι δὲ καὶ εἰς Δῆλον χορηγοὺς καὶ ἀρχ[ι]θέω[ρον τῷ] τριακοντορίῳ τῷ τοὺς ῄθέους ἄγοντι.
He also appoints chorēgoi for Delos, and the leader of the sacred embassy (architheōros) for the thirty-oared vessel that carries the youths.
πομπῶν δ’ ἐπιμελεπῖτ[αι τῆς τ]ε τῷ Ἀσικληπιῷ γιγνομένης, ὅταν οἰκουρῶσι μύσται, καὶ τῆς Διονυσίων τῶν μ[εγά]λων μετὰ τῶν ἐπιμελητῶν, οὓς πρότερον μὲν ὁ δῆμος ἐχειροτόνει δέκα ὄντας, κ[αὶ τὰ] εἰς τὴν πομπὴν ἀναλώματα παρ’ αὑτῶν[ν] ἀνήλι[σ]κον, νῦν δ’ ἕνα τῆς φυλῆ[ς ἑς]άστης κληροῖ καὶ δίδωσιν εἰς τὴν κατασκευὴν ἑκατὸν μνᾶς.
He also supervises processions: both that which takes place in honor of Asclepius, when the initiates stay at home, and that of the Great Dionysia, together with the supervisors, whom formerly the People used to elect by show of hands, being ten in number, and they used to defray the expenses of the procession from their own means, but now he allots one from each tribe and gives one hundred minas for the equipment.
ἐπιμελ[εῖτα]ι δὲ καὶ τῆς εἰς Θαργήλια καὶ τῆς τῷ Διὶ τῷ Σωτῆρι.
He also supervises the procession for the Thargelia and that for Zeus the Savior.
διοικεῖ δὲ καὶ τὸν ἀγῶνα τῶ[ν Διο]νυσίων οὗτος καὶ τῶν Θαργηλίων.
He also manages the contest of the Dionysia and that of the Thargelia.
ἑορτῶν μὲν οὖν ἐπιμελεῖται μελεῖται τούτων.
Over these festivals, then, he supervises.
γραφαὶ δ[ὲ καὶ] δίκαι λαγχάνονται πρὸς αὐτὸν, ἃς ἀνακρίνας εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον εἰσάγει, γο]νέων κακώσεως αὗται δ’ εἰσὶν ἀζήμιοι τῷ βουλομένῳ δ[ι]ώκειν), ὀρφανῶν κακώσεως αὗται δ’ εἰσὶ κατὰ τῶν ἐπιτρόπων), ἐπικλήρου κακώσε[ως. . . . αὗτ]αι δ’ εἰσὶ κατὰ τῶν] ἐπιτρόπων καὶ τῶν συνοικούντων), οἴκου ὀρφανικοῦ κακώσεως εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ αὗται κατὰ τῶν] ἐπιτρό[π]ων), παρανοίας, ἐάν τις αἰτιᾶταί τινα παρανοοῦντα τὰ [. . . . . . . . . . ἀ]πολλύν[αι], εἰς δατητῶν αἵρεσιν, ἐάν τις μὴ θέλῃ κοινὰ τὰ ὄντα νέμεσθαι], εἰς ἐπι[τρ]οπῆς κατάσταιν, εἰς ἐπιτροπῆς διαδικασίαν, εἰς ἐμφανῶν κατάστασ]ιν, ἐπίτρ[οπ]ον αὑτὸν ἐγγράψαι, κλήρων καὶ ἐπικλήρων ἐπι[δικασίαι.
And public indictments and private lawsuits are brought before him, which, after holding a preliminary inquiry (anakrisis), he brings into the court: for abuse of parents (and these are free from penalty for anyone who wishes to prosecute), for abuse of orphans (and these are against the guardians), for abuse of an heiress (and these are against the guardians and those cohabiting with them), for damage to an orphan's estate (and these also are against the guardians), for insanity (if anyone accuses someone of ruining his own property while being insane), for the appointment of property-dividers (if anyone is not willing to divide common property), for the appointment of guardianship, for dispute over guardianship, for production of property in court, for registering oneself as a guardian, and claims for adjudication of estates and heiresses.
ἐπιμελεῖτ]αι δὲ καὶ τῶν ὀρφ]ανῶν καὶ τῷ ἐπικλήρων καὶ τῶν γυναικῶν ὅσαι ἄν τελευτ[ήσαντος τοῦ ἀνδ]ρὸς σκή[πτω]νται κυειν· καὶ κύριός ἐστι τοῖς ἀδικοῦσιν ἐπιβάλ[λειν ἢ εἰσάγειν εἰς] τὸ δικα[στή]ριον.
He also protects orphans, heiresses, and women who, upon the death of their husband, claim to be pregnant; and he has authority to impose fines on those who wrong them or to bring them into the court.
μισθοῖ δὲ καὶ τοὺς οἴκους τῶν ὀπφανῶν καὶ τῶν ἐπικλ[ήρων, ἕως ἄν τετταρ]ακαιδε[κέ]τις γένηται, καὶ τὰ ἀποτιμήματα λαμβάν[ει· καὶ τοὺς ἐπιτρόπους], ἐὰν μὴ δι]δῶσι τοῖς παισὶ τὸν σῖτον, οὗτος εἰσπράττει.
He also leases the estates of orphans and heiresses until they reach the age of fourteen, and takes security (apotimēmata) for them; and if the guardians do not give the children their maintenance, he exacts it.