Same entry in Photius; similar ones elsewhere.
In classical Athens those who took an active role in politics by making proposals in the ekklesia, boule or law courts, i.e. rhetores or hoi politeuomenoi, as well as magistrates and others were subjected to a dokimasia (scrutiny) to determine whether they were fit to participate in public life. The phrase e)paggeli/a dokimasi/as refers to 'the formal pronouncement in the ekklesia of an intention to proceed.' See Harrison (below) 204. Aeschines speech 2, Against Timarchos, provides our primary evidence for the dokimasia ton rhetoron and in particular for the charge of e(tai/rhsis. See especially section 32 [web address 1] for a phrase akin to the one used here (dokimasi/an ... e)paggeila/tw ktl); Harrison 172; Fisher 157-8. It was considered shameful for a man to prostitute himself. Aeschines 2.29 (web address 2, and Fisher 160-1) states that a man who was prepared to sell his own body could not be trusted not to sell out the state as well.