Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, ed. Charles Darwin Adams, 39

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[39] κἄν τι τοιοῦτον εὑρίσκωσιν, ἀναγεγραφότας ἐν σανίσιν ἐκτιθέναι κελεύει πρόσθεν τῶν ἐπωνύμων, τοὺς δὲ πρυτάνεις ποιεῖν ἐκκλησίαν ἐπιγράψαντας νομοθέταις,¹ τὸν δʼ ἐπιστάτην τῶν προέδρων διαχειροτονίαν διδόναι² τοὺς μὲν³ ἀναιρεῖν τῶν νόμων, τοὺς δὲ καταλείπειν, ὅπως ἂν εἷς ᾖ νόμος καὶ μὴ πλείους περὶ ἑκάστης πράξεως. καί μοι λέγε τοὺς νόμους.

Against Ctesiphon. Aeschines. ed. Charles Darwin Adams. London. 1919.

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Κατά Κτησιφώντος (Greek) (The Speeches of Aeschines. Adams, Charles Darwin, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919.)

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Against Ctesiphon Perseus (The Speeches of Aeschines. Adams, Charles Darwin, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919 (1958 printing).) — 39 focus

[39] And if they find such a thing, they are required to write it out and post it on bulletins in front of the Eponymi;¹ and the prytanes are required to call a meeting of the assembly, writing at the head of the call, For Nomothetae;² and the chairman of the presiding officers must submit to vote³ the question of the removal of one set of laws and the retention of the other, in order that for each action there may be one law and no more. Please read the laws.

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Against Ctesiphon

1. νομοθέταις Dobree: νομοθέτας MSS.

2. διδόναι Scholl: διδόναι τῷ δήμῳ MSS.

3. τοὺς μὲν Kaibel: καὶ τοὺς μὲν MSS.

Aeschines Against Ctesiphon 39

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