A Glossary of Athenian Legal Terms

apophasis · Lit. “a showing forth, declaration.” A procedure newly instituted around the middle of the fourth century: either on the invitation of the ekklesia or on its own initiative, the Areiopagos could investigate any matter involving public security and present a report (apophasis) to the ekklesia, recommending particular action, for instance the prosecution of a named individual. (Apophasis is the subject of a Demos article.)

Greek: ἀπόφασις.

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S.C. Todd, selections by Michael de Brauw, “A Glossary of Athenian Legal Terms,” in Adriaan Lanni, ed., “Athenian Law in its Democratic Context” (Center for Hellenic Studies On-line Discussion Series). Republished in C.W. Blackwell, ed., Dēmos: Classical Athenian Democracy (A. Mahoney and R. Scaife, edd., The Stoa: a consortium for electronic publication in the humanities [www.stoa.org]) edition of March 16, 2003. Contact: cwb@stoa.org.

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