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Euthuna
Adler number: epsilon,3511
Translated headword: audit, euthyna
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] an examination. Properly [the one] which the auditors[1] bring in [sc. to court] against those who seem not to have led the city well, or to have served as an envoy badly. And the auditors apportion the jurycourts, and anyone who wants [to do so] makes an accusation; and it is referred to the jurors to punish those who have been convicted.[2]
"Perikles, in charge of the expenditures for the ivory Athena made by Pheidias, overlooked 50 talents, and started the [Peloponnesian] war in order to avoid submitting to an audit."[3]
Greek Original:Euthuna: hê euthunê. kuriôs hên eisagousin hoi logistai pros tous doxantas mê orthôs arxai tês poleôs ê presbeusai kakôs. kai ta dikastêria men hoi logistai klêrousi, katêgorei de ho boulomenos: kai tois dikastais epheitai timasthai tois halousin. hoti tês elephantinês Athênas, hên Pheidias epoiêsen, epi tois analômasi tachtheis ho Periklês kai nosphisamenos n# talanta, hina mê dôi tas euthunas, ton polemon ekinêsen.
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Keywords: art history; biography; constitution; definition; economics; history; law; military affairs; philosophy; politics
Translated by: Ross Scaife ✝ on 28 May 2002@10:38:00.
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