Literary Record Details

Author: ARISTOTELES et CORPUS ARISTOTELICUM Phil.

Opus: Athenian Constitution
Reference: Arist.Ath.Pol.64.3

Period: Late Classical

Genre: prose
Subgenre: historiography
Object:
Gender: m
Context: office

Greek Text: ὁ ἄρχων τὴν φυλὴν κληροῖ κατὰ κληρωτήριον. εἰσὶ δὲ κύβοι χα̣λκοῖ, μέλανες καὶ λευκοί. ὅσους δ᾽ ἂν δέῃ λαχεῖν δικαστάς, τοσοῦτοι ἐμβάλλονται λευκοί...ἐπειδὰν δ᾽ ἐξαιρῇ τοὺς κύβους, καλεῖ τοὺς εἰληχότας ὁ κήρυξ

English Text: the Archon casts lots for the tribe for each balloting-room; they are dice of copper, black and white. As many white ones are thrown in as jurymen are required to be selected...As he draws out the dice the herald calls those on whom the lot has fallen.