§57LVII. καὶ ὁ μὲν ἄρχων ἐπιμελεῖτ]αι τούτ[ων· ὁ] δὲ βασιλεὺς πρῶτον μὲν μυστηρίων ἐπιμελεῖτ[αι μετὰ τῶν ἐπιμελητῶν ὧ]ν ὁ δῆμ[ος χ]ειροτονεῖ, δύο μὲν ἐξ Ἀθηναίων ἁπάντων, ἕνα δ᾿ ἑξ Εὐμολπιδῶν, ἕνα] δ᾿ ἐκ Κηρ[ύκω]ν.
LVII. And the archon indeed supervises these things; but the king first supervises the Mysteries, together with the supervisors whom the People elect, two from all the Athenians, one from the Eumolpidae, and one from the Kerykes.
ἔπειτα Διονυσίων τῶν ἐπὶ Ληναίῳ· ταῦτα δέ ἐστι πομπή τε καὶ ἀγών.
Next, the Dionysia at the Lenaeum; and this consists of a procession and a contest.
τ]ὴν μὲν οὖν πο[μπ]ὴν κοινῇ πέμ|πουσιν ὅ τε βασιλεὺς καὶ οἱ ἐπιμεληταί, τὸν δὲ ἀγῶνα διατίθησιν ὁ βασιλεύς.
Now, the procession they conduct in common, both the king and the supervisors, but the contest is managed by the king.
τίθησι δὲ καὶ τοὺς τῶν λαμπάδων ἀγῶνας ἅπαντας· ὡς δ᾿ ἔπος εἰπεῖν καὶ τὰς παρἰους θυσίας διοικεῖ οὖτος πάσας.
He also arranges all the torch-race contests; and, so to speak, he administers all the ancestral sacrifices.
γραφαὶ δὲ λαγχάνονται πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀσεβείας, κἄν τις ἱερωσύνης ἀμφισβητῇ πρός τινα.
And indictments are brought before him for impiety, and if anyone disputes with another about a priesthood.
διαδικάζει δὲ καὶ τοῖς γένεσι καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσι τὰς ἀμφισβητήσεις τὰς ὑπὲρ τῶν ἱερῶν ἁπάσας οὖτος.
He also adjudicates all disputes concerning sacred matters for the clans and the priests.
λαγχάνονται δὲ καὶ αἱ τοῦcpovou δίκαι πᾶσκι πρὸς τοῦτον, καὶ ὁ προαγορεύων εἴργεσθαι τῶν νομίμων οὖτός ἐστιν.
And all lawsuits for murder are also brought before him, and he is the one who proclaims that they must be barred from customary rites.
εἰσὶ δὲ φόν[ου] δίκαι καὶ τραύματος, ἄν μὲν ἐκ προνοίας ἀποκτείνῃ ἢ τρώσῃ, ἐν Ἀρείῳ πάγῳ, καὶ φαρμάκων, ἐὰν ἀποκτείνῃ δούς, καὶ πυρκαιᾶς· ταῦτα γὰρ ἡ βουλὴ μόνα δικάζει·
There are lawsuits for murder and wounding: if one kills or wounds with premeditation, in the Areopagus, and for poison, if one kills by giving it, and for arson; for the Council judges these alone.
τῶν δ᾿ ἀκουσίων καὶ βουλεύσεως κἂν οἰκέτην ἀποκτείνῃ τις ἢ μέτοικον ἢ ξένον, οἱ οἱ Παλλαδίῳ·
For involuntary homicide, and conspiracy to murder, and if anyone kills a servant, or a metic, or a foreigner, at the Palladium.
ἐὰν δ᾿ ἀποκτεῖναι μέν τις ὁμολογῇ, φῇ δὲ κατὰ τοὺς νόμους, οἶον μοιχὸν λαβὼν ἢ ἐν πολέμῳ ἀγνοήσας ἢ ἐν ἄθλῳ ἀγωνιζόμενος, τούτ[ῳ] ἐπὶ Δελφινίῳ δικάζουσιν·
And if anyone admits that he killed, but claims that it was according to the laws—such as catching an adulterer, or in war by mistake, or competing in an athletic contest—they judge this person at the Delphinium.
ἐὰν δὲ φεύγων φυγὴν ὦν αἴδεσίς ἐστιν αὐτίαν ἔχη ἀποκτεῖναι ἢ τρῶσαί τινα, τούτῳ δ᾿ ἐν Φρεάτου δικάζουσιν· ὁ δ᾿ ἀπολογεῖται προσορμισάμενος ἐν πλοίῳ·
And if, while in exile for an offense where reconciliation is possible, anyone is accused of killing or wounding someone, they judge this person at Phreatto; and he makes his defense having anchored in a boat.
δικάζουσι δ᾿ οἱ λαχόντες ταῦ[τ᾿ ἐφέται] πλὴν τῶν ἐν Ἀρείῳ πάγῳ γιγνομμένων, εἰσάγει δ᾿ ὁ βασιλεύς, καὶ δικάζο[υ]σιν ἐν ἱερ[ῷ] καὶ ὑπαίθριοι, καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ὄταν δικάζῃ περιαιρεῖται τὸν στέφανον.
And the ephetai chosen by lot judge these cases, except those taking place in the Areopagus, and the king introduces them, and they judge in a temple and in the open air, and the king, when he judges, takes off his crown.
ὁ δὲ τὴν αἰτίαν ἔχων τὸν μὲν ἄλλον χρόνον εἴργεται τῶν ἱερῶν καὶ οὐδ᾿ εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν ν[όμος] ἐμβαλεῖν αὐτῷ· τότε δ᾿ εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν εἰσελθὼν ἀπολογεῖται.
And the accused, for the rest of the time, is barred from sacred places, and it is not permitted by law for him even to set foot in the market-place; but then, entering the temple, he makes his defense.
ὅταν δὲ μὴ εἰδῇ τὸν ποιήσαντα, τῷ δράσαντι λαγχάνει.
And when he does not know who did the deed, he brings the suit against the doer.
δικάζει δ᾿ ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ οἱ φυλοβασιλεῖς καὶ τὰς τῶν ἀψύχων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων.
And the king and the tribe-kings judge also the cases of inanimate objects and other animals.
§58LVIII. ὁ δὲ πολέμαρχος θύει μὲν θυσίας τήν τε τῇ Ἀρτέμιδι τῇ ἀγροτέρᾳ καὶ τῷ Ἐνυαλίῳ, διατίθησι δ᾿ ἀγῶνα τὸν ἐπιτάφιον [καὶ] τοῖς τετελευτηκόσιν ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ καὶ Ἀρμοδίῳ καὶ Ἀριστογείτονι ἐναγίαματα ποιεῖ.
LVIII. The polemarch performs sacrifices, both that to Artemis the Huntress and that to Enyalius, and arranges the funeral contest for those who have died in war, and performs funeral offerings for Harmodius and Aristogeiton.
δίκαι δὲ λαγχάνονται πρὸς αὐτὸν ἴδιαι μόνον, οἵ τε τοῖς μετοίκοις καὶ τοῖς ἰσοτελέσι καὶ τοῖς προξένοις γιγνόμεναι.
And only private lawsuits are brought before him, those arising for metics, isoteleis, and proxenoi.
καὶ δεῖ τοῦτον λαβόντα καὶ διανείμαντα δέκα μέρη τὸ λαχὸν ἑκάστῃ τῇ φυλῇ μέρος προσθῖναι, τοὺς δὲ τὴν φυλὴν δικάζοντας τοῖς διαιτηταῖς ἀποδοῦναι. αὐτὸς ἀψύχων ἐμπεσὸν ἀποκτείνῃ τινά, τοῦτο δέ ἐστιν, ἐὰν λίθος ἢ ξύλον ἢ σίδηρος ἤ τι τοιοῦτον, καὶ τὸν μὲν βαλόντα ἀγνοῇ, αὐτὸ δὲ εἰδῇ καὶ ἔχῃ τὸ τὸν φόνον εἰργασμένον.
And he, having received them and divided them into ten parts, must assign the allotted part to each tribe, and those judging for the tribe must hand them over to the arbitrators. [If (an inanimate object) itself, having fallen upon someone, kills him; and this is, if a stone or wood or iron or something of the sort, and the thrower is unknown, but the object itself which committed the murder is known and secured.
Epitome ἐπὶ Πρυτανείῳ: φονικὸν δικαστήριον, ὅταν τὸ μὲν ἀποκτεῖναν βέλος ἢ λίθος ἤ τι τοιοῦτον φανερὸν ᾖ, ὁ δὲ δράσας μή.
Epitome on the Prytaneum: a court for murder, when the weapon that killed, such as a missile or stone or something of the sort, is visible, but the doer is not.
ἀρχαῖον γὰρ ἔθος ἦν τὸ καὶ τὰ ἄψυχα κρίνειν, εἰ χρὴ ἐξορίζεσθαι (exscr. Duid. et [ex Photio] Et. genuinum, unde Symeo et Et. M. 362,55). — Lex. Bekk. quint. (BA 311,15) ἐπὶ Πρυτανείῳ· ἐὰν λίθος ἢ σίδηρος ἢ ξύλον φανῇ (sic!), τὸν δὲ δράσαντα ἀγνοῇ (lex. Patm. 138,75).
For it was an ancient custom to judge even inanimate objects, to see if they must be cast out beyond the borders (transcribed from Suidas and [from Photius] the Etymologicum Genuinum, whence Symeon and Etymologicum Magnum 362,55). — Bekker's Lexica Segueriana V (BA 311,15) on the Prytaneum: if a stone or iron or wood is visible (sic!), and the doer is unknown (Lexicon Patmense 138,75).
Cf Poll.
Cf.
VIII 120 τὸ ἐπὶ Πρυτανείῳ δικάζει περὶ τῶν ἀποκτεινάντων, κἂν ὦσιν ἀφανεῖς, δικάζει δὲ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἀψύχων τῶν ἐμπεσόντων καὶ ἀποκτεινάντων.
Pollux VIII 120: the court at the Prytaneum judges concerning those who have killed, even if they are unseen, and it also judges concerning inanimate objects that have fallen upon someone and killed him.
προειστήκεσαν δὲ τούτου τοῦ δικαστηρίου οἱ φυλοβασιλεῖς, οὓς ἔδει τὸ ἐμπεσὸν ἄψυχον ὑπερορίσαι.
And the tribe-kings presided over this court, who had to cast the fallen inanimate object beyond the borders.
haec omnia vix ex Aristotele desumpta. δ᾿ εἰσάγει δίκας τάς τι τοῦ ἀπο[σ]τασίου καὶ ἀπροστασ[ί]ου καὶ κλήρων καὶ ἐπικλήρων τοῖς μετοίκοις, καὶ τἄλλ᾿ ὅσα τοῖς πολίταις ὁ ἄρχων, ταῦτα τοῖς μετοίκοις ὁ πολέμαρχος.
All these are scarcely taken from Aristotle.] And he introduces lawsuits: both for desertion and for lack of a patron, and concerning estates and heiresses for metics, and all other things that the archon does for the citizens, the polemarch does these for the metics.