Author: AESCHINES Orat.
Opus: In Ctesiphontem
Reference: Aeschin.3.3
Period: Late Classical
Genre: prose
Subgenre: forensic
Object:
Gender: m
Context: office
Greek Text: γράφουσί τε τινὲς ῥᾳδίως παρανόμους γνώμας, καὶ ταύτας ἕτεροι τινες ἐπιψηφίζουσιν, οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ δικαιοτάτου τρόπου λαχόντες προεδρεύειν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκπαρασκευῆς καθεζόμενοι, ἂν δέ τις τῶν ἄλλων βουλευτῶν ὄντως λάχῃ προεδρεύειν
English Text: But now all our standards of orderly procedure have been set aside; there are men who do not hesitate to make illegal motions, and other men who are ready to put these motions to the vote—not men who have been chosen by right and lawful allotment to preside, but men who hold the position by trickery; and if any other senator does actually obtain the presidency by lot,
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Kleros 20, Aeschin.3.3
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