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Headword: *pro/klhsis
Adler number: pi,2469
Translated headword: challenge
Vetting Status: high
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:
*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.
Reference:
S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 96-7
Keywords: definition; law; rhetoric; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 18 December 2000@03:43:31.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, status) on 17 August 2004@01:08:39.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 18 August 2004@10:09:08.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 15 July 2011@08:18:00.
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