Ἀνδροληψία
abduction, seizure
Translated by David Whitehead5 Oct 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
If an Athenian man died outside Attica, and those in that polis in which the deed was done did not hand over the person who seemed to be responsible, the law allowed three of his associates to be brought to Athens to stand trial for the murder; and this was called androlepsion.1 Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Aristokrates [mentions this]: in addition, if they neither submit to trial for what has happened nor hand over the perpetrators, the law prescribes androlepsion against them to a limit of three men.2
So3 androlepsia [is] seizing men from a certain city; for they used to extract guarantees from the city which was housing the murderer and not yielding him up for punishment. And this was called androlepsia.
So3 androlepsia [is] seizing men from a certain city; for they used to extract guarantees from the city which was housing the murderer and not yielding him up for punishment. And this was called androlepsia.