[8] For the institution called the {dokimasia}, see Aristot.
"Constitution of Athens," ch. lv.

[9] See Dem. "against Midias," 565, 17; "against Apholus" (1), 814,
20.

[10] See Lys. "Or." xiv. and xv.

[11] See Grote, "H. G." vi. p. 48; Thuc. vii. 78; i. 96; Arist.
"Wasps," 707; Aristot. "Pol." v. 8.

I put it to you, then: can any one suppose that all, or any, of these
may dispense with adjudication?[12] If so, will any one say which
ought, and which ought not, to be adjudicated on, there and then? If,
on the other hand, we are forced to admit that these are all fair
cases for adjudication, it follows of necessity that they should be
decided during the twelve-month; since even now the boards of judges
sitting right through the year are powerless to stay the tide of
evildoing by reason of the multitude of the people.

[12] Reading with Kirchhoff. Cf. for {oiesthai khre}, "Hell." VI. iv.
23; "Cyr." IV. ii. 28.

So far so good.[13] "But," some one will say, "try the cases you
certainly must, but lessen the number of the judges." But if so, it
follows of necessity that unless the number of courts themselves are
diminished in number there will only be a few judges sitting in each
court,[14] with the further consequence that in dealing with so small
a body of judges it will be easier for a litigant to present an
invulnerable front[15] to the court, and to bribe[16] the whole body,