Hyperides, In Defence of Euxenippus, ed. J. O. Burtt, 6

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[6] Suppose someone commits a religious offence. There is the method of public prosecution before the King-Archon. Or he maltreats his parents. The Archon presides over his case. Someone makes illegal proposals in the city. There is the board of Thesmothetae ready. Perhaps he does something involving summary arrest. You have the authority of the Eleven.¹ Similarly, to deal with every other offence you have established laws, offices, and courts appropriate to each.

In Defence of Euxenippus. Hyperides. ed. J. O. Burtt. London. 1954.

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In Defence of Euxenippus (English) (Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).)

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[6] ἀσεβεῖ τις περὶ τὰ ἱερά· γραφαὶ¹ ἀσεβείας πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα. — φαῦλός ἐστι πρὸς τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ γονεῖς· ὁ ἄρχων ἐπὶ τούτου κάθηται. — παράνομά τις ἐν τῇ πόλει ² γράφει· θεσμοθετῶν συνέδριον ἔστι. — ἀπαγωγῆς ἄξια ποιεῖ· ἀρχὴ τῶν ἕνδεκα καθέστηκε. — τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ τρόπον καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀδικημάτων ἁπάντων καὶ νόμους καὶ ἀρχὰς καὶ δικαστήρια τὰ προσήκοντα ἑκάστοις αὐτῶν ἀπέδοτε.

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1. The King-Archon, who supervised all religious ceremonies of state, judged all cases connected with religion, while the Archon himself dealt with family law. (See Aristot. Ath. Pol. 57.2 and Aristot. Ath. Pol. 56.6 .) For the Thesmothetae compare Hyp. 1.12 and note. Summary arrest could be legally employed against three classes of criminal. Of these, two were tried by the Eleven and one by the Thesmothetae. (See Aristot. Ath. Po1. 52.1 .)

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