Athenian court

E193165
ancient Greek judicial institution court of law

The Athenian court was an ancient Greek judicial institution in Athens where citizens gathered to hear legal cases and administer justice.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Athenian law court 2
Athenian court canonical 1
Athenian courts 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek judicial institution ⓘ
court of law ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Athenian polis ⓘ
associatedWithProfession logographer ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple citizen participation ⓘ
direct democracy ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
composition large citizen juries ⓘ
country Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: ancient Greece
decisionRule majority vote ⓘ
documentedInSource speeches of Aeschines ⓘ
speeches of Demosthenes ⓘ
speeches of Lysias ⓘ
works of Aristotle ⓘ
writings of Plato ⓘ
surface form: works of Plato
eligibility male Athenian citizens over 30 ⓘ
governedBy Athenian democracy ⓘ
hasFeature litigants spoke for themselves ⓘ
no professional judges ⓘ
no professional lawyers ⓘ
use of logographers to write speeches ⓘ
hearsCaseType dike (private action) ⓘ
graphe (public action) ⓘ
jurySelectionDevice kleroterion ⓘ
jurySelectionMethod sortition ⓘ
jurySize 1001 jurors ⓘ
201 jurors ⓘ
501 jurors ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Ancient Greek ⓘ
legalSystem Athenian law ⓘ
locatedIn Athens ⓘ
Classical Athens ⓘ
mainFunction administration of justice ⓘ
civil trials ⓘ
criminal trials ⓘ
dispute resolution ⓘ
hearing legal cases ⓘ
imposition of penalties ⓘ
private lawsuits ⓘ
public lawsuits ⓘ
review of political conduct ⓘ
penaltiesInclude death penalty ⓘ
exile ⓘ
fines ⓘ
loss of citizen rights (atimia) ⓘ
relatedInstitution Areopagus ⓘ
Athenian Assembly (Ekklesia) ⓘ
surface form: Assembly of the Athenians (Ekklesia)

Athenian Council of 500 (Boule) ⓘ
surface form: Council of 500 (Boule)

Heliaia ⓘ
timePeriod 4th century BCE ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ
Classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ
usedBy Athenian citizens ⓘ
usesObject voting tokens ⓘ
votingMethod secret ballot ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Athenian court
Description of subject: The Athenian court was an ancient Greek judicial institution in Athens where citizens gathered to hear legal cases and administer justice.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Euthyphro → settingLocation → Athenian court ⓘ
Heliaia → legalSystem → Athenian court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian law
trial of Socrates → hasPresidingBody → Athenian court ⓘ
subject surface form: Trial of Socrates
this entity surface form: Athenian popular court
Athenian magistrates → accountableTo → Athenian court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian courts
On the Crown → deliveredAt → Athenian court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian law court
On the False Embassy → legalSetting → Athenian court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian law court
Athenian legal and constitutional crisis → relatedTo → Athenian court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian popular courts (dikasteria)