Ἐφέται
ephetai, ephetae
Translated by Joseph Wrightson29 Apr 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Men over 40 years of age,who have led good lives and possess judgment. They used to try homicide suits. Their law courts were called [the courts] of the ephetai.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐφέται· ἄνδρες ὑπὲρ νʹ ἔτη γεγονότες καὶ ἄριστα βεβιωκέναι ὑπόληψιν ἔχοντες· οἳ καὶ τὰς φονικὰς δίκας ἔκρινον. ἐκαλεῖτο δ' αὐτῶν τὰ δικαστήρια ἐφετῶν.
Betacode
*)efe/tai: a)/ndres u(pe\r n# e)/th gegono/tes kai\ a)/rista bebiwke/nai u(po/lhyin e)/xontes: oi(\ kai\ ta\s fonika\s di/kas e)/krinon. e)kalei=to d' au)tw=n ta\ dikasth/ria e)fetw=n.
Notes
- Same or similar materal in other lexica; and see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.509).
As with e.g. Hellenotamiai (epsilon 841, epsilon 842, epsilon 843), the Suda's material on the ephetai comes in three contiguous entries: see also epsilon 3876 and epsilon 3878 (which contain more controversial statements than does the present one).
References
D.M. MacDowell, Athenian Homicide Law (Manchester 1963), esp. chap.5
M. Gagarin, Drakon and Early Athenian Homicide Law (New Haven 1981)
E.M.Carawan, Rhetoric and the Law of Draco (Oxford 1998)
M. Gagarin, Drakon and Early Athenian Homicide Law (New Haven 1981)
E.M.Carawan, Rhetoric and the Law of Draco (Oxford 1998)
Linked from3 entries
- ε2505Ἐπὶ Παλλαδίῳat Palladion, at PalladiumA lawcourt at Athens, where the Ephetai used to judge cases of involuntary homicide. For when Argives were sailing from Ilion and put in at Phaleron, the Athenians failed to recognize them and killed them. Later, once…
- ε3876Ἐφέταιephetai, ephetaeMen who, 80 in number, used to try cases [sc. in Athens]. They were called ephetai either because they try cases of murder, or because no appeal [ephesis] is possible from them to another court, that is [their decisions…
- ε3878Ἐφέταιephetai, ephetaeThose judging the murder-trials 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.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 3 Aug 2014
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- tweaking; raised status — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- modified headword and translation; added note and bibliography — David Whitehead
- added keyword — Ross Scaife ✝
- Translated — Joseph Wrightson