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Δημοσθένης ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος ‘τούς τε ἐκ τῶν σκηνῶν τῶν κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν ἐξεῖργον καὶ τὰ γέρρα ἐνεπίμπρασαν.’ Περσικὰ μέν τινα ὅπλα τὰ γέρρα ἐστὶ, καθὰ καὶ Ἡρόδοτός φησιν: ἤδη δὲ καταχρηστικῶς καὶ ἅπαν σκέπασμα, εἴτε δερμάτινον εἴη εἴτε ἄλλης τινὸς ὕλης, γέρρον ἐλέγετο. νῦν γοῦν τὰ τῶν σκηνῶν σκεπάσματα καὶ παρακαλύμματα ἐμπίπρασθαί φησιν ὁ Δημοσθένης ὑπὲρ τοῦ μὴ συνεστάναι περὶ τὰ ὤνια ἐπὶ τῆς ἀγορᾶς μηδὲ πρὸς ἄλλοις τισὶ τὰς διατριβὰς ἔχειν. ἐν δὲ τῷ κατὰ Νεαίρας, εἰ γνήσιος ὁ λόγος, φησὶν οὕτω: ‘τοὺς δὲ πρυτάνεις κελεύει τιθέναι τοὺς καδίσσκους ὁ νόμος καὶ τὴν ψῆφον διδόναι προσιόντι τῷ δήμῳ, πρὶν τοὺς ξένους εἰσιέναι καὶ τὰ γέρρα ἀναιρεῖν.’ ἤτοι οὖν ταὐτόν ἐστι τῷ ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος, ἢ τοιοῦτό τι ὑποληπτέον ὡς παρὰ τοῖς ἐκκλησιάζουσι πολίταις ἡ ψῆφος ὑπὸ τῶν πρυτάνεων ἐδίδοτο πρὶν εἰσιέναι τοὺς ξένους καὶ πρὶν ἀναιρεθῆναι τὰ περιφράγματα, τουτέστι πρὶν ἀναπετασθῆναι τὴν ἐκκλησίαν παντὶ τῷ εἰπεῖν βουλομένῳ.

Harpocrationis Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos. Harpocration, Valerius. Wilhelm Dindorf. Oxonii: E Typographeo Academico. Oxford. 1853.

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