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Headword:
*)epi\
*prutanei/w|
Adler number: epsilon,2540
Translated headword: at Prytaneion
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A lawcourt [sc. in
Athens]. [sc. It decides homicide cases] when the lethal missile is clearly a stone or suchlike, and there is no human perpetrator. For judging even inanimate objects [is] an ancient custom, [to determine] whether they should be cast beyond the borders.
*)epi\ *prutanei/w|: dikasth/rion. o(/tan to\ me\n a)poktei=nan be/los h)=| fanero\n h)\ li/qos h)/ ti toiou=ton, o( de\ dra/sas mh\ h)=|. a)rxai=on ga\r e)/qos to\ kai\ ta\ a)/yuxa kri/nein, ei) xrh\ e)cori/zesqai.
Notes:
Reworded and augmented from Harpokration s.v., who calls the Prytaneion 'another' homicide court; this is an implicit reference back to his entry on the Palladion (here
epsilon 2505).
For this venue in its other roles cf.
pi 2999.
D.M. MacDowell, Athenian Homicide Law (Manchester 1963) chapter 9
Keywords: definition; ethics; history; law
Translated by: David Whitehead on 14 November 2000@09:05:50.
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