Ephets

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The Epheten (Greek "instructor") was a college of judges in ancient Athens . It consisted of 51 members and was headed by the Archon basileus . The ephetians primarily judged homicides unless they were willful. The arbitration award was final. In the 5th century the ephetas were replaced by the people's court .

literature

• Adolf Philippi : The Areopagus and the Ephets. An investigation into the Athenian constitutional history. Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1874.