Αύτόλυκος α' β' (fr. 73)

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epidekaton: Isaeus in his AgainstElpagoras (fr. 41 Sauppe) uses this to mean “one-tenth”.
They were also accustomed to use epipempton to mean “one-fifth”, as Eupolis in
fact (does) in Autolykos
Citation context Four additional overlapping portions of what must origi-
nally have been a single note in an Atticist author are preserved at
- Poll. 8.53 ό Θεόφραστος (fr. 636A) τούς μέν άλλας γραφάς γραψαμένους
χιλίας τ’ όφλισκάνειν, εί τό πέμπτον των ψήφων μή καταλάβοιεν, και
προσατιμούσθαι, τούς 5έ είσαγγέλλοντας μή άτιμούσθαι μέν, όφλεϊν δε
τάς χιλίας (“Theophrastus (fr. 636Α) says that those who file other indict-
ments owe 1000 drachmas if they fail to get one-fifth of the ballots, and
that they are also disenfranchised; whereas those who file an eisangelia
are not disenfranchised but do owe the 1000 drachmas”)
- Harp. p. 102.10-13 = E 1 Keaney εάν τις γραψάμενος μή μεταλάβη τό ε'
μέρος των ψήφων, όφλισκάνει χιλίας και πρόσεστιν ατιμία τις. Λυσίας
έν τω ύπέρ τού κατά των ρητόρων νόμου (fr. 97). διείλεκται περί τούτων
καί Θεόφραστος έν τοϊς περί των νόμων (fr. 636Α) (“If someone brings an
indictment but fails to get one-fifth of the ballots, he owes 1000 drachmas,
and a form of disenfranchisement is involved. Lysias in his Concerning the
Law Regarding the Orators (fr. 97). Theophrastus in his On the Laws (cf. fr.
636A) has also discussed these matters”)
- Harp. p. 128.5-7 = E 108 Keaney έπίπεμπτον- Λυσίας (fr. 203) έν τω προς
Κριτόδημον καί Πλάτων (PL Com. fr. 271) άντί άπλοϋ τού πέμπτου.
Αριστοφάνης Δαιταλεύσιν (fr. 212)· (Α.) ού μή μεταλάβη τούπίπεμπτον.
(Β.) κλαέτω (“epipempton: Lysias (fr. 203) in his On Behalf of Critodemus
and Plato (Pl. Com. fr. 271), in place of the simple pempton. Aristophanes in
Daitales (fr. 212): ‘(A.) He won’t get his epipempton. (B.) To hell with him’”)
- Phot, τ 403 = EM p. 763.21-2 τούπίπεμπτον· οί γάρ μή μεταλαβόντες
τό ε' μέρος των ψήφων άτιμοι ήσαν· ούτως Αριστοφάνης (fr. 212) (“the
epipempton: because those who failed to get one-fifth of the ballots were
disenfranchised; thus Aristophanes (fr. 212)”).
An abbreviated version of Harp. p. 122.10-11 = E 90 Keaney also appears at
Phot, ε 1520 = Suda ε 2286 έπιδέκατον· τό δέκατον· καί έπίπεμπτον- τό πέμπτον
λέγειν είώθασιν (from the Epitome of Harpocration), and the note as a whole
is taken over as Lex. Vindob. ε 45.
Interpretation τό έπιδέκατον is used repeatedly in the classical period to
refer to the 10% of various fines that was dedicated to Athena (lex ap. And.
1.96; X. HG 1.7.10, 20; lex ap. D. 43.71; thus presumably also Isaeus). Eupolis
might have used έπίπεμπτον to mean “one-fifth” of anything. But the evidence