Classical Studies 2301A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Eye For An Eye, Heliaia, Miasma Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2301A/B
• Professor: Randall Pogorzelski

Document Summary

Green signifies terms that are pretty important, but less so than the terms in red. Western purple signifies terms that are moderately important. Agon: a formal dispute between two characters of ancient greek comedy/tragedy. Agoranomoi and sitophylakes: officials who settled commercial disputes in the marketplace. Agoranomoi dealt with cases involving disputes brought in the agora (marketplace). Sitophylakes dealt with cases concerning grain and grain sellers. Anakrisis: a pre-trial conference where the magistrate read the complaint aloud and asked the defendant to admit or deny the allegations. Apagoge: the procedure by which the volunteer prosecutor arrests the defendant first and then brings him to the competent official. Apographe: the procedure by which the volunteer prosecutor lists property that is wrongfully held by the defendant, property that rightfully belongs to the state. Apotumpansimos: the act of exposing the convicted individual by securing his neck, wrists, and ankles to a vertical wooden plank (another form of the death penalty).