140 AZUS7'0 TLE 'S POL ZTZCS.
and i. 2. 5 6, where it is assumed to have arisen from the patri.
archal relation : and for what follows vi. 8.8 20, where the n~inisters
of Public Sacrifices are called Kings or Archons.
- I 3. dxou 6' S&ov rintiv rtai BauAtiav K.T.~.
The kings who became priests retained only the shadow of
royalty ; but where they held military command beyond the
borders, the name might be applied lvith greater propriety.
- &UTE Td uK/ppa uxXs8dv xfpi 8uob c'uriv, & $2 xdrfpou uup!$/pri ra;g
nohui urparqy6v dt8iav ??vat, rai roGrov i Karh yCvos 6 Kad pE'pog, i ob
oup$e'pci Ev 6; so'rrpov ha uupqk'pfi Kipiov rTvoi lidvruv, ij 06 uup$;pC1.
xarh p+s, not ' by rotation in a fixed order,' (as in iv. 14. 4)
but more simply, 'by a succession of one citizen to another.' It
is implied, though not expressed, that they are chosen by vote:
cp. supra C. 14. 8 5, ;v piv ov'v TO%' rI8os pauihrias, urparqyia &h Biou
roirov 6' ai p2v Karh yr'vos riuiv, ai 6' aiprrai.
Three 3IS.S. read KOB' fl7pruw instead of Karh pipes. It is more
likely that Kab' aZpcuiv is a gloss on Karir ~+JE, than the reverse.
- rh piv otv nfpi rijs roiaiqs u'rparqyias fhuKoxtiv v(ipow ?,ye1 p&bu
€%OS fi ffoXtrc~as.
'Is a legal, rather than a constitutional question,' ' is to be re-
garded as a matter of administration.' &os vdpwv p&XXov tj aohirdas is
an abridgment of C~OS ro; AT~UKOBF~Y xrpi rirv vdpwv pbhhov 4 mhirriiis.
c?r?os (like @uis i. 8. 4 IO, vdpos iii. 14. $ 4) is pleonastic as in
i. 4.8 z,6 yirp hp&qs b dpycivou cZ&t iurir, ' has the form or character
of an instrument.'
16 2. GUT' dr#&Oo dp HP~T~V.
After reducing the different forms of a monarchy to two, he now
rejects one of them,-namely, the Lacedaemonian, because the
Lacedaemonian kings were only generals for life, and such 3n
office as this might equally exist under any form of government.
This is a strange notion ; for although the kings of Sparta \Yere
not generally distinguished, it can hardly be said with truth that
Archidamus or Agesilaus were no more than military commanders.
to begin
with ' or at once ' : so riv ra,yiorqv, (Dem.). The phrase also occurs
+igeo, SC. roiro rir ch.
rrjv npin)~ is to be taken adverbially in the sense of
