11. καὶ ἐὰμ μ’ ἐκ προνοίας κτείνῃ τίς τινα, φεύγειν, δι- 12. κάζειν δὲ τοὺς βασιλέας αἰτιῶν φόνου ἢ ἐάν τις αἰτιᾶται ὡς βουλ- 13. εύσαντα, τοὺς δὲ ἐφέτας διαγνῶναι, αἰδέσασθαι δ’ ἐὰμ μὲν πατὴρ ἦ- 14. ι ἢ ἀδελφὸς ἢ ὑῆς ἁπάντας ἢ τὸν κωλύοντα κρατεῖν. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ οὗ- 15. τοι ὦσι, μέχρ’ ἀνεψιότητος καὶ ἀνεψίου, ἐὰν ἅπαντες αἰδέσασ- 16. θαι ἐθέλωσι τὸν ὅρκον ὁμόσαντας. ἐὰν δὲ τούτων μηδεὶς ᾖ, κτεί- 17. νῃ δὲ ἄκων, γνῶσι δὲ οἱ πεντήκοντα καὶ εἷς οἱ ἐφέται ἄκοντα 18. κτεῖναι, ἐσέσθων δὲ οἱ φράτερες, ἐὰν ἐθέλωσι, δέκα, τούτους δὲ ο- 19. ἱ πεντήκοντα καὶ εἷς ἀριστίνδην αἱρείσθων. καὶ οἱ πρότερ- 20. ον κτείναντες ἐν τῷδε τῷ θεσμῷ ἐνεχέσθων ......... 26. .. ........................ ἐὰν δέ τις τ- 27. ὸν ἀνδρόφονον κτείνῃ ἢ αἴτιος ᾖ φόνου ἀπεχόμενον ἀγορᾶς ἐφο- 28. ρίας καὶ ἄθλων καὶ ἱερῶν Ἀμφικτυονικῶν ὧσπερ τὸν Ἀθηναῖον κ- 29. τείναντα ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἐνέχεσθαι, διαγιγνώσκειν δὲ τοὺς Ἐφέτας. 30. τοὺς δὲ ἀνδροφόνους ἐξεῖναι ἀποκτείνειν καὶ ἀπάγειν ἐν τῆι ἡμεδ- 31. απῆι, λυμαίνεσθαι δὲ μὴ, μηδ’ ἀποινᾶν ἢ διπλοῦν ὀφείλειν ὅσον ἂν κ- 32. αταβλάψηι .............................. 37. ..... ἐὰν δέ τις φέροντα ἢ ἄγοντα βίᾳ ἀδίκως εὐθὺς ἀμυνόμενο- 38. ς κτείνηι, νηποινεὶ τεθνάναι.[9] This inscription has been restored, mainly, from quotations in the speeches of Demosthenes. But before attempting to translate it, we must point out that even in its restored form the inscription is archaic and obscure, and the meaning is not always certain. The first half of the inscription seems to refer to involuntary or accidental homicide. But the end of the second line, as it stands, cannot possibly be taken to refer to accidental homicide, because the verb βουλεύειν usually means ‘to plot’ or ‘to resolve,’ and therefore implies an element of deliberation. Wilful murder is not expressly mentioned, save in so far as the slaying of a homicide exile abroad is decreed to be equivalent to murder. There is also a reference to justifiable homicide in self-defence. But most of the fragment consists of an enumeration of the persons who are by law entitled to share in the acceptance of gifts of ‘appeasement’ from an involuntary slayer: and of the judges by whom the various kinds of homicide must be decided. We do not believe that any judicial distinction is intended in the use of the two verbs δικάζειν and διαγιγνώσκειν. Both words mean, we think, ‘to adjudicate.’ There is no question of preliminary investigation as distinct from final decision. In regard to the second line, the restoration ὡς βουλεύσαντα can only mean ‘on the ground of having plotted (to kill).’ Did the restorer mean by this clause ‘attempting murder’ (when death did not ensue) or ‘contriving murder’ (when death did ensue)? The noun βούλευσις can have both these meanings, but the verb βουλεύειν cannot, we think, denote attempts to kill. If the restorer meant ‘contriving murder,’ such an interpretation is open to the