...dicast before taking his seat is given by Demosthenes, in the oration against Timocrates. " I will vote according to the laws and the decrees of the people of Athens, and of the Senate of the Five Hundred, and I will not vote for a tyrant, or an oligarchy ; and if any one...

...Areopagus. — The oath taken by these judges is reported by Demosthenes as follows: "I will give sentence according to the laws and the decrees of the people...Athens, and the council of five hundred; I will not consent to place the supreme power in the hands of a single person, or a few; uor permit any man to...