1. Aristeides had just arrived at the popular assembly when a peasant
approached him. 2. If Aristeides had not had a pleasant countenance
and musical ("belsonan") voice, doubtless the peasant would not have
asked his help. 3. Ought Aristeides to have written his own name on the
oyster-shell or piece of pottery which was going to be used as a vote
against him? 4. Without just (exactly) this help, the peasant could
not have voted. 5. Doing him the service requested, Aristeides said,
as if ("250") he himself were not the man under-discussion ("205"),
"Why do you hate Aristeides? 6. Could you tell me how he has sinned
against the city?" 7. The silly-creature ("132") replied, "Oh, I know
nothing about him, but I am weary [of] always hearing him called the
just." 8. Ought such persons as that ignorant peasant have-the-right
to vote about important affairs? 9. The ancient law about ostracism
was a strange [one]. 10. The name of the person to-be-exiled ("199")
was usually written upon an oyster-shell, and the meaning of the word
signifying the custom comes from that. 11. Through ("per") ostracism,
any leader could be banished, justly or unjustly, without trial of any
kind, or explanation of the reasons.