Then stood up masters of the lists, nine in all, men chosen out of the people, who in their gatherings were accustomed to order all things correctly. They levelled a place for the dance, and marked out a fair wide ring,
αἰσυμνῆται δὲ κριτοὶ ἐννέα πάντες ἀνέσταν δήμιοι , οἳ κατ' ἀγῶνας ἐῢ πρήσσεσκον ἕκαστα , λείηναν δὲ χορόν , καλὸν δ' εὔρυναν ἀγῶνα .
αἰσυμνήτης δέ κριτός ἐννέα πᾶς ἀνίστημι δήμιος , ὅς κατά ἀγών εὖ πράσσω ἕκαστος , λεαίνω δέ χορός , καλός δέ εὐρύνω ἀγών .