Suda On Line menu Search

Home
Search results for epsilon,3878 in Adler number:
Greek display:    
Headword: Ephetai
Adler number: epsilon,3878
Translated headword: ephetai, ephetae
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Those judging the murder-trials[1] at [the] Palladion and at [the] Prytan[e]ion and at [the] Delphinion and at Phreato are called ephetai.
Also [sc. attested is the singular] e)fe/ths, the juror.
Greek Original:
Ephetai: hoi dikazontes tas eph' haimatos kriseis epi Palladiôi kai epi Prutaniôi kai epi Delphiniôi kai en Phreati ephetai kalountai. kai Ephetês, ho dikastês.
Notes:
Abridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on their appearance in Demosthenes 23.37-8.
See also epsilon 3876 and epsilon 3877.
[1] Literally, trials for blood.
Reference:
D.M. McDowell, Athenian Homicide Law in the Age of the Orators (Manchester 1963) chap.5.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; law; rhetoric
Translated by: David Whitehead on 21 May 2003@08:41:25.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (supplemented translation) on 26 July 2003@19:36:51.
David Whitehead (modified translation) on 28 July 2003@03:38:59.
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 8 July 2011@06:10:46.
Find      

Test Database Real Database

(Try these tips for more productive searches.)
No. of records found: 1    Page 1

End of search