Greece Flashcards
Minoan
Bronze Age 3000-1050 in Crete
Court of Heliaea
Supreme Court of Athens
Dikastes
judges and jurors
Prytaneis
50 man executive committee of the boule; headquarters was the Tholos; fed at public expense; at least 17 of them slept in the Tholos every night
Telesterion
Great hall of Eleusis
Tholos
SW corner of Agora, round dining room temple, nightly dinners to 50 men who served in the Boule
Kleroterion
The machine that has balls/discs with the names of citizens that fall into slots: jurors chosen
Boule
Senate; over 500 men; ran daily affairs of the city; chosen by lot: building, orphans, invalids, navy, calgary, state finances, sacred matters
Areopagus
A court that tried murder, wounding, religious matters, and arson of olive trees
Hegemon
Person at the court of Heliaea in charge of suits and complaints