Πόλεις (fr. 239)

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- Phot, ε 2207 = Suda ε 3513 = Synag. ε 942 εύθϋναι· έξετάσαι, όρθώσαι
(“euthynai: to audit, to set straight”; traced by Cunningham to Cyril)
- Phot, ε 2210 = Suda ε 3512 = Synag. ε 944 εύθύνας- δίκας, τιμωρίας (“eu-
thynai: trials, punishments”; traced by Cunningham to Cyril).
Interpretation Probably direct address of the audience or the judges (cf.
Pherecr. fr. 102)—or both (cf. Ar. Av. 445-6 πάσι νικάν τοΐς κριταϊς / και τοΐς
θεαταΐς πάσιν, “to take the prize with the support of all the judges and all the
spectators”; cited by Kassel-Austin).
An Athenian who held public office was υπεύθυνος, meaning that at the
end of his term he was required to submit a written account of his service
and in particular of any public funds he may have handled; any citizen who
wished (ό βουλόμενος) could then prosecute him for misconduct on that
basis. Cf. fr. *104 n. (on Athenian άρχαί); IG Γ 52.27 (434/3 BCE); A. Pers.
213 (the first attestation of υπεύθυνος); Ar. V. 102 with Biles-Olson 2015 ad
loc.; And. 1.78 with MacDowell 1962 ad loc.; [Arist.] Ath. 48.3-4; 54.2 και
λογιστάς δέκα καί συνηγόρους τούτοις δέκα, προς οϋς άπαντας ανάγκη
τούς τάς άρχάς άρξ[αντ]ας λόγον άπενεγκεϊν. ούτοι γάρ είσι μόνοι <οϊ> τοΐς
ύπευθύνοις λογιζόμενοι καί τάς εύθύνας εις τό δικαστήριον είσάγοντες (“also
ten logistai and ten assistants for them, to whom all those who held an office
must render an account (logos); for these men are the only ones who audit
those who are subject to examination, and who bring the audits into court”)
with Rhodes 1981 ad loc. Properly, the financial accounting was the logos and
the men who examined it (chosen by lot from the members of the Council)
were the λογισταί—this passage is the earliest evidence for the office, which
scholars occasionally claim is attested only in the 4th century132—while the
general inspection of service was the euthynai and was carried out by the
euthynoi (also chosen by lot from the members of the Council). But the terms
are not always carefully distinguished, as both [Aristotle] and the sources
cited under Citation context show. Here, at any rate, the point is that festival
choruses—presumably comic choruses in particular—enjoy a public trust sup-
ported by public funds, and that they ought accordingly to be held accountable
for what they do.
For the judges and judging procedures at the Athenian dramatic compe-
titions, see the sources collected at Csapo and Slater 1994. 157-65; Marshall
and van Willigenburg 2004.
For the seemingly superfluous άνδρες, see fr. 192kk n.; and cf. e. g. fr. 117
άνήρ πολίτης; Ar. Ach. 328 άνδρες δημόται, 497 άνδρες οί θεώμενοι; V. 908

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E.g. O’Sullivan 2001. 54.