IVOTES, 1'001i 11. 1. 241
;,,Xftv roh EIrLrLKcis dvapapnjsous dwus. 4. 7,
Lit. and they are blameless,' 'do no wrong,' or tken in con-
ncsion with the preceding words, as in the translation, * 1 are
prevented from doing wrong.' ,411 esaiiiple of a condensed
si.lltence in which two thoughts are compressed into one.ri]& 61 rb KRTaUKfUd[€LV YfWpybV TdU 6~pV TZV Tf Udpwv rru1p rGv 4. 8.
znp;, rois irohhois acr&vwv rb dpxaiov xp{u~por ndvrrs, r; CAWS 1.4
;tc;var KfKrijuBur nhdw yiju pirpou TLY~ ij ~HC; TWOS ~dnou irph rA Bmu
r{u H~XLV.
;;i6 rum rdrou, 'beginning from a ccriain place,' reckoned in
rclntion to the t0n.n. *If reckoning inwards, \YC must supply pi
from pi ;(c;uor; if outwards, the force of p$ is not continued.
*The lam provided that no one should possess more than a
ctrtain quantity of land; or, if he did, it was not to be within a
ccrtain disiance of the city; or, regarded from another point of
\f!ew, it was to be beyond a certain distance from the city.' In
other nords he was not to monopolize the valuable portions of
he land (cp. Plato's Laws, v. 739 foll.), which were to be dis-
:ributed among as many of the citizens as possible.
Zuru the city is more precisely defined by iro'htr, the Acropolis, as
at Athens, cp. Thuc. ii. 15.:UTE 61 KQ; 6, Xiy,vuiv '~@hou udpou FfvaL roroirdv TL G~vdpruos, r6 pi 4. 9.
Oovc;[tiv rb ri pipas rijs 4rapp;ut)s ~K~UT? yis.
That is to say, a certain portion of the land could not be pledged,
and \as therefore always clear of incumbrances. In ancient as
\ell as in modern times there were agricultural troubles ; and many
plans were devised for securing the peasant proprietor against the
money -lender.