Literary Record Details

Author: XENOPHON Hist.

Opus: Memorabilia
Reference: Xen.Mem.1.2.9

Period: Late Classical

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

Greek Text: ὑπερορᾶν ἐποίει τῶν καθεστώτων νόμων τοὺς συνόντας, λέγων ὡς μῶρον εἴη τοὺς μὲν τῆς πόλεως ἄρχοντας ἀπὸ κυάμου καθιστάναι, κυβερνήτῃ δὲ μηδένα θέλειν χρῆσθαι κυαμευτῷ μηδὲ τέκτονι μηδ᾽ αὐλητῇ

English Text: he taught his companions to despise the established laws by insisting on the folly of appointing public officials by lot, when none would choose a pilot or builder or flautist by lot