- Kai slrrpov Karh rb np;lypa 6& 6iaipciv^4 Karh rob 6v8phnovr, Aiyo 6’
Two offices are mentioned in the latter part of the sentence:
cp. infra $ 13, nar6ovdpos ra‘r yuuarroud~os: and vi. 8. Q 22, i6ig 8;
sair uXohaurrKosi‘pars Kai pihhou riqptpohus sdhruw.. yvvarruvopia
,.. nai6ouopia K.T.~.
obv Zva rrjs cdKoupias, 4 saL6ov a*Xhou Ka’r yvvarKiv.
- IO. &scpai iu &‘pais, O~OY E‘U p2u rais dpruroKpaTiair ;K srrrai8cvpluou.
Differing,’ i. e. in the character of those from whom the elect nn
is made. Though the word Zrcpai is inaccurate, the meaning is the
same as that of dripmu, mhich Susemihl. on very slight authority, ha?
introduced into the text.
- sdrcpov Gia$;pci... 4 rvyxduovui piv rivrs obuar Kai Karl aCr& rdr
The alternative sdrcpou Sia$;pri K.T.~. is repeated and expandpd.
1 Are ofices the same in different states, or not the same? Are they
the same, but elected out of different classes in aristocracy, monarchy,
oligarchy. democracy? Or do the offices differ naturally according
to the actual differences in forms of government, the same offin;
being sometimes found to agree and sometimes to disagree ITith
different forms of government, and having a lesser poaer in some
states and a greater in others I For example, has the president of
the assembly, in whatever way appointed, the same functions at
Sparta and at Athens? Are not probuli suited to an oligarchy, a
censor of boys and women to an aristocracy, a council to a
democracy? And will they be equally suited to other forms, Or
may not their powers require to be extended or narrowed?’
According to this explanation the natural order of the words is
somewhat inverted, for rGv 6pxiu is taken with TLV& : and with
airhs rhs Gta$ophs has to be supplied T~)U sohirriiv from xarh
rrohircins supra. We may also supply xoh1~f;~~ with TIUCS, ad
translate ‘may not some states essentially derive their character
from offices.’ But the abrupt transition to a new subject (hV‘;’
Acn$ophs ri)u dpxGv, ;urL 6’ CHOV uvp+’puuuiv ai ahai.
