A public legal proceeding for maltreatment of parents, orphans, and heiresses, proceeded over by the Eponymous Archon and tried before the dikasterion. If convicted, defendant receives an assesable penalty ranging from a fine to a death sentence. There is no penalty for prosecutors who fail to get one-fifth of the votes. (grc)
A public legal proceeding for maltreatment of parents, orphans, and heiresses, proceeded over by the Eponymous Archon and tried before the dikasterion. If convicted, defendant receives an assesable penalty ranging from a fine to a death sentence. There is no penalty for prosecutors who fail to get one-fifth of the votes.