ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws
(see also ἐπακούω): hear, listen to
exaudire, to hear, listen to, 1.53.3, [olim formerly ὑπήκ.] 2.36.4.