 | William Smith, Charles Anthon - Classical dictionaries - 1846 - 373 pages
...reward (such as half the penalty) was frequently given to the successful accuser. Such a power, with 305 such a temptation, was likely to be abused, unless...more causes came into court, the more fees accrued to the judges, and fines and confiscations enriched the public treasury. The prosecutor therefore in... | |
 | Aristophanes - 1849
...pettifogger, busybody, rogue, liar, and slanderer. The Athenian law permitted any citizen (rà/ ßov\o/j.evov) to give information against public offenders, and...more causes came into court, the more fees accrued to the judges, and fines and confiscations enriched the public treasury. The prosecutor, therefore,... | |
 | Aristophanes, Cornelius Conway Felton - 1849 - 228 pages
...pettifogger, busybody, rogue, liar, and slanderer. The Athenian law permitted any citizen (TOV ßov/iápеvov) to give information against public offenders, and...more causes came into court, the more fees accrued to the judges, and fines and confiscations enriched the public treasury. The prosecutor, therefore,... | |
 | WILLIAM SMITH, LL.D. - 1851
...(such as half the penalty) was frequently given to the successful accuser. Such a 'power, with 305 such a temptation, was likely to be abused, unless...more causes came into court, the more fees accrued to the judges, and fines and confiscations enriched the public treasury. The prosecutor therefore in... | |
 | William Smith (Sir) - Classical dictionaries - 1854 - 373 pages
...the penalty) was frequently given to the successful accuser. Such a power, with such a tiMiiplation, was likely to be abused, unless checked by the force...of public opinion, or the vigilance of the judicial tribunal's. Unfortunately, the character of the 'Athenian democracy and the temper of the judges furnished... | |
 | Aristophanes - 1861
...busybody, rogue, liar, and slanderer. The Athenian law permitted any citizen (ток ßov\ofievov) to give information against public offenders, and...more causes came into court, the more fees accrued to the judges, and fines and confiscation enriched the public treasury. The prosecutor, therefore,... | |
 | William Smith - Classical dictionaries - 1868 - 474 pages
...justice. It mi the policy of the legislator to encourage the detection of crime, and a reward (such u half the penalty) was frequently given to the successful...more causes came into court, the more fees accrued to the judges, and fines and confiscations enriched the public treasury. The prosecutor therefore in... | |
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It was the policy of the legislature to encourage the detection of crime, and a reward (such as half the penalty) was frequently given to the successful accuser. Such a power, with such a temptation, was likely to be abused, unless checked by the force... 