It is the name of a [sc. Athenian] lawsuit brought against those doing anything by violence; he who has been convicted of it pays to the public treasury [a sum] equal to [what he pays] to the man who has secured the conviction. Demosthenes [in the speech] Against Meidias [mentions it].[1] There are also speeches [from suits] for violent behavior circulating amongst those of Lysias.[2] And it is clear that neither the word nor the lawsuit were applied[3] to the rape of virgins, but to other circumstances too.