. ▁i . ▁p .   4 3 8 ), ▁that ▁the ▁election ▁of ▁a ▁tag us , ▁like ▁that ▁of ▁a ▁Roman ▁dict ator , ▁was ▁sometimes ▁used ▁as ▁an ▁exped ient ▁for ▁keeping ▁the ▁common alty ▁under , ▁appears ▁very ▁probable . ▁At ▁Lar issa , ▁the ▁Ale u ada e ▁made ▁some ▁con cess ions ▁to ▁the ▁popular ▁party . ▁Arist ot le ▁( Pol . ▁v . ▁ 5 ) ▁speak s , ▁though ▁we ▁do ▁not ▁know ▁at ▁what ▁time ▁he ▁refers ▁to , ▁of ▁certain ▁magistr ates ▁at ▁Lar issa , ▁who ▁bore ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁polit oph y la kes ▁and ▁exerc ised ▁a ▁super int end ence ▁over ▁the ▁ad mission ▁of ▁fre emen , ▁and ▁were ▁elected ▁themselves ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁body ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁wh ence ▁they ▁were ▁led ▁to ▁court ▁the ▁people ▁in ▁a ▁way ▁unf av ou rable ▁to ▁the ▁interests ▁of ▁the ▁arist ocracy . ▁There ▁were ▁also ▁other ▁magistr ates ▁at ▁Lar issa ▁of ▁a ▁dem ocr atic ▁kind , ▁called ▁Lar iss opo io i . ▁( Ar ist ot . ▁Pol . ▁i ii . ▁ 1 .) ▁Besides ▁the ▁cont ests ▁between ▁the ▁o lig arch ical ▁and ▁dem ocrat ical ▁parties , ▁there ▁were ▁fe ud s ▁among ▁the ▁o lig arch s ▁themselves ; ▁and ▁such ▁was ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁parties ▁at ▁Lar issa ▁under ▁the ▁government ▁of ▁the ▁Ale u ada e ▁two ▁gener ations ▁before ▁the ▁Pers ian ▁wars , ▁that ▁a