one of these applicants all he wants, the state could not do it, not
even if all the gold and silver in the world were the inducement
offered.

Here are some of the cases which have to be decided on. Some one fails
to fit out a ship: judgement must be given. Another puts up a building
on a piece of public land: again judgement must be given. Or, to take
another class of cases: adjudication has to be made between the
choragi for the Dionysia, the Thargelia, the Panathenaea, year after
year. [[7] And again in behalf of the gymnasiarchs a similar
adjudication for the Panathenaea, the Prometheia, and the Hephaestia,
also year after year.] Also as between the trierarchs, four hundred of
whom are appointed each year, of these, too, any who choose must have
their cases adjudicated on, year after year. But that is not all.
There are various magistrates to examine and approve[8] and decide
between; there are orphans[9] whose status must be examined; and
guardians of prisoners to appoint. These, be it borne in mind, are all
matters of yearly occurrence; while at intervals there are exemptions
and abstentions from military service[10] which call for adjudication,
or in connection with some other extraordinary misdemeanour, some case
of outrage and violence of an exceptional character, or some charge of
impiety. A whole string of others I simply omit; I am content to have
named the most important part with the exception of the assessments of
tribute which occur, as a rule, at intervals of five years.[11]

[7] Adopting the emendation of Kirchhoff, who inserts the sentence in
brackets. For the festivals in question, see "Dict. of Antiq."
"Lampadephoria"; C. R. Kenney, "Demosth. against Leptines," etc.,
App. vi.