# Res Publica Atheniensium 8

Heraclides Ponticus, Res Publica Atheniensium, Section 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/heraclides-ponticus/res-publica-atheniensium/8

8. καὶ τῶν ὁδῶν ἐπιμελοῦνται ὅπως μή τινες κατοικοδομῶσιν αὐτὰς ἢδρυφάκτους ὑπερτείνωσιν. ὁμοίως δὲ καθιστᾶσι καὶ τοὺς ἕνδεκα [τοὺς] ἐπιμελησομένους τῶν ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ ἐννέα ἄρχοντες. θεσμοθέται ς,ݲ οἵ δοκιμασθέντες ὀμνύουσι δικαίως ἄρξειν καὶ δῶρα μὴ λήψεσθαι ἢ ἀνδριάντα χρυσοῦν ἀνθήσειν. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τὰ κατὰ τὰς θυσίας διοικεῖ. καὶ <ὁ πολέμαρχος> τὰ πολέμαι.

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Heraclides Ponticus, 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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