Literary Record Details

Author: AESCHINES Orat.

Opus: In Ctesiphontem
Reference: Aeschin.3.29

Period: Late Classical

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

Greek Text: ἔστι γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τῶν περὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς εἴδη τρία, ὧν ἓν μὲν καὶ πᾶσι φανερώτατον οἱ κληρωτοὶ καὶ οἱ χειροτονητοὶ ἄρχοντες,

English Text: There are, fellow citizens, three classes of public officers. The first and most obvious class are all who are appointed by lot or by election