Εἰσφορά

contribution, levy

Translated by Catharine Roth4 Jul 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

3 words

[Meaning a] payment.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εἰσφορά· τέλεσμα.

Betacode

*ei)sfora/: te/lesma.

Same or similar entry in other lexica. The headword here is the gloss at epsiloniota 295.
The eisphora, though attested in several Greek states and also in the Ptolemaic empire (see in brief P.J. Rhodes in OCD(4) s.v.), is known in most detail as a property tax from classical Athens. Fawcett [below] surveys recent work both on this and on the Athenian taxation system as a whole.