Astynŏmi
(
ἀστυνόμοι). The title of ten officers at Athens drawn
annually by lot from the ten tribes, five for the city and five for the Piraeus. They formed a
kind of city police, responsible for the cleanliness and order of the streets, and probably
for the safety of the public buildings. See Böckh,
Publ. Economy of
Athens, p. 203 foll. See, also,
Aediles.