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[3] τελευταία δ᾽ ἡ τοῦ ἄρχοντος: οἱ μὲν γὰρ πλείους ἐπὶ Μέδοντος, ἔνιοι δ᾽ ἐπὶ Ἀκάστου φασὶ γενέσθαι ταύτην: τεκμήριον δ᾽ ἐπιφέρουσιν, ὅτι οἱ ἐννέα ἄρχοντες ὀμνύουσιν ἢ μὴν τὰ ἐπὶ Ἀκάστου ὅρκια ποιήσειν, ὡς ἐπὶ τούτου τῆς βασιλείας παραχωρησάντων τῶν Κοδριδῶν ἀντὶ τῶν δοθεισῶν τῷ ἄρχοντι δωρεῶν. τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ὁποτέρως ποτ᾽ ἔχει, μικρὸν ἂν παραλλάττοι τοῖς χρόνοις. ὅτι δὲ τελευταία τούτων ἐγένετο τῶν ἀρχῶν, σημεῖον καὶ τὸ μηδὲν τῶν πατρίων τὸν ἄρχοντα διοικεῖν, ὥσπερ ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ὁ πολέμαρχος, ἀλλ᾽ ἁπλῶς τὰ ἐπίθετα: διὸ καὶ νεωστὶ γέγονεν ἡ ἀρχὴ μεγάλη, τοῖς ἐπιθέτοις αὐξηθεῖσα.

Athenaion Politeia, ed. Kenyon. Oxford. 1920.

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