Πρόκλησις
challenge
Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2000Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
They [sc. the Athenians] were accustomed, whenever litigation occurred, sometimes to call female or male slaves to torture or to be a witness of the affair; and this used to be known as challenging. The document written about this was called a challenge.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρόκλησις· εἰώθεσαν, ὁπότε δικάζοιντό τινες, ἐξαιτεῖν ἐνίοτε θεραπαίνας ἢ θεράποντας εἰς βάσανον ἢ εἰς μαρτυρίαν τοῦ πράγματος· καὶ τοῦτο ἐκαλεῖτο προκαλεῖσθαι. τὸ δὲ γραμματεῖον τὸ περὶ τούτου γραφόμενον ὠνομάζετο πρόκλησις.
Betacode
*pro/klhsis: ei)w/qesan, o(po/te dika/zointo/ tines, e)caitei=n e)ni/ote qerapai/nas h)\ qera/pontas ei)s ba/sanon h)\ ei)s marturi/an tou= pra/gmatos: kai\ tou=to e)kalei=to prokalei=sqai. to\ de\ grammatei=on to\ peri\ tou/tou grafo/menon w)noma/zeto pro/klhsis.
Notes
- Abridged from Harpokration s.v., citing Demosthenes 45.15.
cf. generally pi 2468.
References
S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 96-7
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