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Headword: Ἄγραφα ἀδικήματα
Adler number: alpha,342
Translated headword: unwritten crimes
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Those about which there is no written law.
Greek Original:
Ἄγραφα ἀδικήματα: οἱονεὶ ὑπὲρ ὧν νόμος οὐ γέγραπται.
Notes:
Same entry in other lexica.
The headword phrase (neuter plural) is vague-looking, but it belongs in a particular context: the procedure for eisangelia ("impeachment") in classical Athens. Lexicographers on this subject defined as impeachable offences not only specific acts of treason or corruption but also "unwritten public crimes", ἄγραφα δημόσια ἀδικήματα . Besides the present entry see, chiefly, Pollux 8.51 and Lex. Rhet. Cant., s.v. eisangelia; and cf. Aristotle, Rhetoric 1375a15. Amongst modern scholars, Rhodes (below) accepts this while Hansen (below) 16-17 and 19-20 does not; their exchanges were continued in JHS 1979 (Rhodes) and 1980 (Hansen).
References:
P.J. Rhodes, The Athenian Boule (Oxford 1972)
M.H. Hansen, Eisangelia (Odense 1975)
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; law
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 27 August 1998@18:28:24.
Vetted by:
David Mirhady on 17 December 1999@16:32:41.
David Whitehead (modified note; cosmetics) on 12 February 2001@08:24:05.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 6 January 2012@07:29:55.

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