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Headword:
*nomofu/lakes
Adler number: nu,487
Translated headword: law-guardians
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A particular official position among [the] Athenians, different from [that of] the thesmothetai, used to be called this; their job was to compel the [sc. other] officials to abide by the laws.
Greek Original:*nomofu/lakes: a)rxh/ tis para\ *)aqhnai/ois ou(/tws e)kalei=to, diafe/rousa tw=n qesmoqetw=n, oi(/tines ta\s a)rxa\s e)phna/gkazon toi=s no/mois xrh=sqai.
Notes:
Abridged from Harpokration s.v., where
Dinarchus (frs. VI.12 and XIV.3 Conomis) and
Philochorus (FGrH 328 F64) are cited.
Philochorus apparently claims that they were creations of Ephialtes, in 462/1, but otherwise they are not attested until the last quarter of the C4.
See also
nu 488 and
omicroniota 124 (and
theta 267 for the thesmothatai).
Translated by: David Whitehead on 27 November 2001@08:08:07.
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