Ὑποφόνια
blood-money, murder-price, were-geld, wergild
Translated by David Mirhady25 Jul 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
The monies given because of a homicide to the relatives of the killed person by the one bearing the responsibility that he killed, in order that they not prosecute and that there be no suit for homicide are called hypophonia. Dinarchus1 and Theophrastus2 [sc. use the term] in this way.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑποφόνια· τὰ ἐπὶ τῷ φόνῳ διδόμενα χρήματα τοῖς οἰκείοις τοῦ ἀναιρεθέντος ὑπὸ τοῦ τὴν αἰτίαν ἔχοντος, ὅτι ἀνῄρηκεν, ἵνα μὴ ἐπεξίωσιν, ἐπὶ τῷ μὴ ἐπεξέρχεσθαι μηδὲ γενέσθαι τὴν τοῦ φόνου δίκην ὑποφόνια καλεῖται. οὕτως Δείναρχος καὶ Θεόφραστος.
Betacode
*(upofo/nia: ta\ e)pi\ tw=| fo/nw| dido/mena xrh/mata toi=s oi)kei/ois tou= a)naireqe/ntos u(po\ tou= th\n ai)ti/an e)/xontos, o(/ti a)nh/|rhken, i(/na mh\ e)peci/wsin, e)pi\ tw=| mh\ e)pece/rxesqai mhde\ gene/sqai th\n tou= fo/nou di/khn u(pofo/nia kalei=tai. ou(/tws *dei/narxos kai\ *qeo/frastos.
Notes (2)
- The headword is neuter plural.
- 1Dinarchus fr. 10.5 and 19.13 Conomis. Harpocration, the Suda's immediate source, identifies the speeches as Against Callisthenes and Against Phormisios. ↩
- 2Theophrastus 644 FHS&G. Harpocration says Theophrastus' discussion was in book 16 of the Laws (fr. 12 S-M). ↩
References
D.M. MacDowell, Athenian Homicide Law in the Age of the Orators (Manchester 1963) 8-10
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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Mar 2017
- Corrected translation — Matthew Farmer
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — David Mirhady