# Res Publica Atheniensium 64.4

Aristotle, Res Publica Atheniensium, Section 64. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/res-publica-atheniensium/64.4

ὁ δὲ κληθεὶς καὶ ὑπακούσας ἕλκει βάλανον ἐκ τῆς ὑδρίας, καὶ ὀρέξας αὐτήν, ἀνέχων τὸ γράμμα, δείκνυσιν πρῶτον μὲν τῷ ἄρχοντι τῷ ἐφεστηκότι. ὁ δὲ ἄρχων ἐπειδὰν ἴδῃ, ἐμβάλλει τὸ πινάκιον αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ κιβώτιον, ὅπου ἂν ᾖ ἐπιγεγραμμένον τὸ αὐτὸ στοιχεῖον ὅπερ ἐν τῇ βαλάνῳ, ἵνʼ εἰς οἷον ἂν λάχῃ εἰσίῃ καὶ μὴ εἰς οἷον ἂν βούληται, μηδὲ ᾖ συναγαγεῖν εἰς δικαστήριον οὓς ἂν βούληταί τις.

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Aristotle, Res Publica Atheniensium, ed. Frederic G Kenyon. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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