PĂRĔDRI

( πάρεδροι ). Each of the three superior archons was at liberty to have two a e ors ( πάρεδροι ) chosen by himself, to a ist him by advice and otherwise in the performance of his various duties. The a e or, like the magistrate himself, had to undergo a docimasia ( δοκιμασία ) in the Senate of Five Hundred and before a judicial tribunal, before he could be permitted to enter upon his labours. He was also to render an account ( εὐθύνη ) at the end of the year. The duties of the archons, magisterial and judicial, were so numerous, that one of the principal objects of having a e ors must have been to enable them to get through their busine . From the paredri of the archons we must distinguish those who a isted the euthyni in examining and auditing magistrates’ accounts.