Dēmos · Classical Athenian Democracy · a Stoa Publication
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S.C. Todd, selections by Michael de Brauw, edition of March 16, 2003
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(ho) boulomenos · Lit. “anyone who wishes.” Whereas prosecution in a dike could only be brought by the aggrieved party, in a graphe or other public case it could be brought by any qualified person (which normally meant any Athenian citizen who was not himself atimos).
Greek: ὁ βουλόμενος.
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