Aristotle (Pol. v. 5) speaks, though we do not know at what time he refers to, of certain magistrates at Larissa, who bore the name of politophylakes and exercised a superintendence over the admission of freemen, and were elected themselves out of the body of the people whence they were led to court the people in a way unfavourable to the interests of the aristocracy.
Aristoteles (Pol. v. 5) berbicara, meskipun kita tidak tahu pada waktu apa yang dia maksudkan, tentang hakim tertentu di Larissa, yang menanggung nama politofilakes dan melaksanakan pengawasan atas penerimaan orang bebas, dan dipilih sendiri dari tubuh orang-orang di mana mereka dibawa ke istana rakyat dengan cara yang tidak menguntungkan bagi kepentingan aristokrasi.