The Athenian Constitution   

plaintiff in the
one, and those of the defendant in the other. These they seal up
and, having attached to them the decision of the arbitrator, written
out on a tablet, place them in the custody of the four justices
whose function it is to introduce cases on behalf of the tribe of
the defendant. These officers take them and bring up the case before
the law-court, to a jury of two hundred and one members in
cases up to
the value of a thousand drachmas, or to one of four hundred
and one in
cases above that value. No laws or pleadings or evidence may be used
except those which were adduced before the Arbitrator, and have been
enclosed in the urns.
The Arbitrators are persons in the sixtieth year of their age;
this appears from the schedule of the Archons and the Eponymi. There
are two classes of Eponymi, the ten who give their names to the
tribes, and the forty-two of the years of service. The youths, on
being enrolled among the citizens, were formerly registered upon
whitened tablets, and the names were appended of the Archon in whose
year they were enrolled, and of the Eponymus who had been in
course in
the preceding year; at the present day they are written on a bronze
pillar, which stands in front of the Council-chamber, near
the Eponymi
of the tribes. Then the Forty take the last of the Eponymi of the
years of service, and assign the arbitrations to the persons
belonging
to that year, casting lots to determine which arbitrations each
shall undertake; and every one is compelled to carry through the
arbitrations which the lot assigns to him. The law enacts
that any one
who does not serve as Arbitrator when he has arrived at the
necessary age shall lose his civil rights, unless he happens to be
holding some other office during that year, or to be out of the
country. These are the only persons who escape the duty. Any one who
suffers injustice at the hands of the Arbitrator may appeal to the
whole board of Arbitrators, and if they find the magistrate guilty,
the law enacts that he shall lose his civil rights. The persons thus
condemned have, however, in their turn an appeal. The
Eponymi are also
used in reference to military expeditions; when the men of military
age are despatched on service, a notice is put up stating
that the men
from such-and such an Archon and Eponymus to such-and such another
Archon and Eponymus are to go on the expedition.

Part 54

The following magistrates also are elected by lot: Five
Commissioners of Roads (Hodopoei), who, with an assigned body of
public slaves, are required to keep the roads in order: and ten
Auditors, with ten assistants, to whom all persons who have held any
office must give in their accounts. These are the only officers who
audit the accounts of those who are subject to examination, and who
bring them up for examination before the law-courts. If they detect
any magistrate in embezzlement, the jury condemn him for
theft, and he
is obliged to repay tenfold the sum he is declared to have
misappropriated. If they charge a magistrate with accepting
bribes and
the jury convict him, they fine him for corruption, and this sum too
is repaid tenfold. Or if they convict him of unfair dealing, he is
fined on that charge, and the sum assessed is paid without increase,
if payment is made before the ninth prytany, but otherwise it is