β49Βακτηρία καὶ σύμβολον
staff and token
Those assigned to jury-service [sc. in classical Athens] used to take from the public attendants a token and a staff, and this is how they acted as jurors. The court had the same colour as the staff. The token, however,…
Βακτηρία καὶ σύμβολον· οἱ λαχόντες δικάζειν ἐλάμβανον παρὰ τῶν δημοσίων ὑπηρετῶν σύμβολον καὶ βακτηρίαν, καὶ οὕτως ἐδίκαζον. τὴν χρόαν ὁμοίαν εἶχε τῇ βακτηρίᾳ τὸ δικαστήριον. τὸ…
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