NOTES, BOOK 1V. 6. 161
Iccount necessarily to be reckoned spurious. Cp. iii. 1. 0 4 and
note.
a‘& qu IxopLIyv .+lV. 6. 3.
4 The principle of election which follows next in order ’ (cp. c. 4.
8 24, ;rfpov ft8os). This use of the word i,pptvq is supported by- 5 15, aXXq 6’ iurb (Anopia) ixopb7 rairgs, and vi, 8. $ 4,
+,a 8; &+lna rairqr ixop‘lv7 ai oivryyur, and several other
I,assages. The other interpretation of ixo@vi, given in a note to
the English text, proper to it ’ is scarcely defensible by examples
2nd is probably wrong. The first form of democracy required a
small property qualification, the second admitted all citizens who
could prove their birth. The third admitted reputed citizens
\1thout proof of birth ; though in both the latter cases the exercise
of the right was limited by the opportunities of leisure. For the
lnxitj of states in this matter, cp. iii. 5. 5s 7, 8.
6rh rb pi fhL Hp6UOsOU. 0. 4.
The public revenues could not be distributed, for there were none
to distribute, cp. infra 9 8. The want of pay prevented the people
from attending the assembly.
6lh rilJ lhfpOX7)V 106 HA$~OUS.
Either I*) ‘ on account of the preponderance of their numbers,’
or 2) more definitely ‘on account of the preponderance of the
multitude’; (cp. c. 12. $ I and iii. 15. $ 13). The numbers of the
people give the power and the revenues of the state provide pay.
ea? 8iiC rb xXjSos &UL rGe p~rrxdvrov 70; noXirc6paros Ol~Ciy~q pi roh 6. 8.The more numerous the members of the oligarchy, and the
Sreater the difficulty of finding the means of living, the less
Possibility is there of the government of a few and therefore the
Greater need of law: cp. infra $ 9.
;uep~novs r;XXh rbv vdpov fEU1 Kiplov.PV oCros i~imv i)urf lpi+Puear cinb 6s sd?ms, ~lv~iyrcq rbv vdpov 6. 8.
‘ Wen numerous, and of a middle condition, neither living in
leisure nor supported by the state, they are driven to main-&Gv a6rois ~pxE,v.
tain in their case (ahoir) the rule of law.’
YOL. 11. DI