Demosthenes, Against Aristogeiton I, James Herbert Vince (Translator), 23

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[23] One or two of these benefits I will name for the sake of example, choosing the best known.

The Council of the Five Hundred, thanks to this barrier,¹ frail as it is, is master of its own secrets, and no private citizen can enter it. The Council of the Areopagus, when it sits roped off in the King’s Portico, enjoys complete freedom from disturbance, and all men hold aloof.

Against Aristogeiton I. Demosthenes. James Herbert Vince (Translator). London. 1935.

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Against Aristogeiton I (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. III: Orations, XXI-XXVI. Vince, J. H., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1935 (printing).)

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κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος α΄ Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. II, Part 1. Butcher, S. H., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 23 focus

[23] ὧν ἓν ἢ δύʼ ἐρῶ παραδείγματος ἕνεκα, τὰ γνωριμώτατα. τὸ τὴν βουλὴν τοὺς πεντακοσίους ἀπὸ τῆς ἀσθενοῦς τοιαυτησὶ κιγκλίδος τῶν ἀπορρήτων κυρίαν εἶναι, καὶ μὴ τοὺς ἰδιώτας ἐπεισιέναι· τὸ τὴν ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου βουλήν, ὅταν ἐν τῇ βασιλείῳ στοᾷ καθεζομένη περισχοινίσηται, κατὰ πολλὴν ἡσυχίαν ἐφʼ ἑαυτῆς εἶναι, καὶ ἅπαντας ἐκποδὼν ἀποχωρεῖν· τὸ τὰς ἀρχὰς ἁπάσας, ὅσας οἱ λαχόντες ἄρχουσιν ὑμῶν, ἅμα τῷ τὸν ὑπηρέτην εἰπεῖν μετάστητʼ ἔξω τῶν νόμων κρατεῖν ἐφʼ οἷς εἰσεπέμφθησαν, καὶ μηδὲ τοὺς ἀσελγεστάτους βιάζεσθαι· ἄλλα μυρία.

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Against Aristogeiton I

1. The wooden lattice-work doorway, giving admission through the bar to the council-chamber or law-court. The corresponding Lat. term is cancelii.

Demosthenes Against Aristogeiton I 23

James Herbert Vince (Translator)

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