Ἡλιαία
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Ἡλιαία was the principal popular court of classical Athens, composed of large citizen juries and central to the city’s democratic legal system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ἡλιαία canonical | 1 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian institution
ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ people’s court ⓘ popular court ⓘ |
| appliesToJurors | male Athenian citizens ⓘ |
| associatedWithReformer |
Cleisthenes
ⓘ
Pericles ⓘ Solon of Athens ⓘ
surface form:
Solon
|
| centralTo | Athenian democratic legal system ⓘ |
| composedOf | citizen jurors ⓘ |
| country |
Classical Athens
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Athens
|
| decisionMakingMethod | majority vote of jurors ⓘ |
| function |
enforcing laws and decrees
ⓘ
exercising judicial review over officials ⓘ hearing private lawsuits ⓘ hearing public lawsuits ⓘ imposing penalties and fines ⓘ reviewing decisions of magistrates ⓘ supreme popular court of Athens ⓘ |
| governingBody | Athenian citizen body (demos) ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
direct democracy mechanism
ⓘ
large juries ⓘ lot-based selection of jurors ⓘ popular participation ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
4th century BCE
ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ
surface form:
Classical period of ancient Greece
|
| legalCulture |
absence of professional judges
ⓘ
no professional lawyers ⓘ use of litigant speeches ⓘ |
| legalProcedure |
dikē (private suit)
ⓘ
graphē (public suit) ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Athenian legal system ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Classical Athens
ⓘ
surface form:
classical Athens
|
| maximumJurySize | several thousand jurors ⓘ |
| minimumJurorAge | 30 years ⓘ |
| oversightOf |
Athenian magistrates
ⓘ
public officials ⓘ |
| partOf | Athenian democracy ⓘ |
| relatedInstitution |
Areopagus
ⓘ
Council of 500 ⓘ
surface form:
Boule (Council of 500)
Athenian Assembly (Ekklesia) ⓘ
surface form:
Ekklesia (Athenian Assembly)
|
| remuneration | juror pay (misthos dikastikos) ⓘ |
| selectionDevice | kleroterion ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | sortition ⓘ |
| sourceOfInformation |
Aristotle’s Athenian Constitution
ⓘ
surface form:
Aristotle’s Constitution of the Athenians
forensic speeches of Attic orators ⓘ |
| typicalJurySize |
201 jurors
ⓘ
401 jurors ⓘ 501 jurors ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| votingInstruments | voting tokens (psephoi) ⓘ |
| votingMethod | secret ballot ⓘ |
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