J  sari  pipopta  -fmiUrt),  TpAJarrii  ti  4  ttaiWoi
1i  vpctforToi  mfimnur.  There  wai  not  any  par-
ticular clan  of  penoni  called  j^^rt^j,  inveiced
with  a  legal  character,  or  intruiled  with  political
dutiei,  at  Atheoa.  For  every  dtioen,  who  did  not
labour  under  lome  tpecial  dinbility,  waa  oiiitled
to  oddrcti  the  people  in  auembly,  mako  motkm,
propote  lawt,  &c  The  nann  of  ^apn,  bowevtr,
wai  given  in  common  parlance  to  theoe  otalcn  tad
itatetmen,  who  mon  especially  devoted  tbemidvei
to  the  businesi  of  public  apeaking  ;  while  tbooe  ria
kept  aloof  from,  or  took  no  part  in,  the  biuilKM  of

S polar  aiaembliea,  were  called  Harrmi.  Hence
Tap  ii  explained  by  Suidaa,  lb.  'O  Uiiiif  4nf
eouAiiiiu  xtd  S  tr  Ww  iTOfwi"'.  The  ^rvaptit
ypa^il  might  be  either  the  nme  ai  the  rmfar^ar
Tfxi^,  or  a  more  special  protecation,  altaiiled  with
heavier  penaltiea,  against  practised  demagsgaea,
who  exerted  their  talenia  and  inflnOKe  to  deceive
the  people  and  recommend  bod  metiauna.  Othm
have  conjectured  this  to  be  a  pneeeding  linilar  to
the  inirrjtktti  ioKttiotrita,  directed  a^aintt  thote

Knons  who  ventured  to  apeak  in  public  after
Tu^g  boon  guilty  of  aome  misdemeanour  which
would  render  them  liable  to  irifiia.  OrthiaiiBtare
wai  the  charge  brought  tgainit  Timaichai  by  Aei-
chinet,  whose  object  wu  lu  prevent  tba  litter  from
appearing  as  proseiiatw  against  him  m  the  rabject
of  the  embassy  to  Philip.  (SchikoaoD.  d*  C6miL
P.10B;  Meier,  .4(1. /■«]«.  p.  209.)      [CR.K.)

RUETRAE  (^fxu),  apedally  the  nama  of  the
ordinajices  of  Lycoigu.  (PluL  Li/e.  S,  1 S. )  Th*
word  it  defined  by  the  grammariana  to  tigni^  •
compact  or  treaty  <^^pi|,  ^  ^irl  ^eliTiffi  rurtin,
AprJloD.  La.  Hon.  p.  133.  30,  ed.  Bckker  ;
^qrpai,  nirfqiui  Sii  X&fta,  Heaych.)  ;  and  most
modem  writers  adopt  thit  inurfcetaticn,  nF^unng
the  word  to  lignify  originally  words  (rk  ^vrir),  w
a  dedajation,  which  bound  ]flrtiei.  Tt  ia  true
that  the  etymology  points  simply  to  that  which  it
ipoken  or  declared  ;  bot  Piutaich  give*  auitba
meaning  to  the  woid  in  rciation  to  the  lawi  tt
Lycurgns,  and  tayi  that  they  ware  dtviiw  ordi-
nances {fi^pas  itriftaerw^  ill  wapi  to*  di«C  S4^-
fiffi»«i  leal  jirvrimit  Srra,  PlnL  tjo.  13).  Th*
opinion  of  Ur.  Grate,  which  reconcile*  thns  tiro
accounta,  team  the  motl  pnhable.  **  The  word
hii&a  meani  a  lolcnin  compact,  cdther  triginBllT
emanating  from,  or  aubaeqnentlf  nnctimcd  1^  tba
godi,  who  arealwaja  piitiM.to  loeb  B( ~


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