Lysias, Against Andocides, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 4

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[4] I would ask you, if you allow Andocides to get off now unscathed from this trial, and to attend for drawing the lots for the nine archons, and to be elected king-archon,¹ shall we not see him performing sacrifices and offering prayers on your behalf according to ancestral custom, sometimes in the Eleusinium here,² sometimes in the temple at Eleusis , and overseeing the celebration of the Mysteries, to prevent the commission of any offence or impiety concerning the sacred things?

Against Andocides. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.

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[4] φέρε γάρ, ἐὰν νυνὶ Ἀνδοκίδης ἀθῷος ἀπαλλαγῇ διʼ¹ ὑμᾶς ἐκ τοῦδε τοῦ ἀγῶνος καὶ ἔλθῃ κληρωσόμενος τῶν ἐννέα ἀρχόντων καὶ λάχῃ βασιλεύς, ἄλλο τι ἢ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν καὶ θυσίας θύσει² καὶ εὐχὰς εὔξεται κατὰ τὰ πάτρια, τὰ μὲν ἐν τῷ ἐνθάδε Ἐλευσινίω, τὰ δὲ ἐν τῷ Ἐλευσῖνι ἱερῷ, καὶ τῆς ἑορτῆς ἐπιμελήσεται μυστηρίοις, ὅπως ἂν μηδεὶς ἀδικῇ μηδὲ ἀσεβῇ τὰ ἱερά;

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1. The king-archon’s functions were mainly religious, and were especially concerned with the Mysteries.

2. As distinguished from the sanctuary at Eleusis .

Lysias Against Andocides 4

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