Heliaia or Heliaea (Ancient Greek: Ἡλιαία; Doric: Ἁλία Halia) was the supreme court of ancient Athens. The view generally held among scholars is that the court drew its name from the ancient Greek verb ἡλιάζεσθαι, which means congregate.[α] Another version is that the court took its name from the fact that the hearings were taking place outdoors, under the sun.[β] Initially, this was the name of the place where the hearings were convoked, but later this appellation included the court as well.[1]
The judges were called heliasts (ἡλιασταί) or dikastes (δικασταί, ὀμωμοκότες = those who have sworn, namely the jurors). The operation of judging was called ἡλιάζεσθαι (δικάζειν).
Heliaia or Heliaea (Ancient Greek: Ἡλιαία; Doric: Ἁλία Halia) was the supreme court of ancient Athens. The view generally held among scholars is that...
Aristotle refer to it in their texts. The trials were publicly held at the Heliaia and were split into two steps: first the jury (heliasts or dikastes) voted...
almost all its functions except that of a murder tribunal in favour of Heliaia. While this perception is corroborated by most ancient authors, it may...
Heliaia and the Enneakrounos. South Stoa II: on the southern edge of the Agora, on the approximate location of the South Stoa I, between the Heliaia,...
and bestowed generous wages on all citizens who served as jurymen in the Heliaia (the supreme court of Athens) some time just after 454 BC. His most controversial...
bestows generous wages on all Athens' citizens who serve as jurymen on the Heliaia (the supreme court of Athens). Achaea, on the southern shore of the Corinthian...
Athenian assembly), and could be jurors serving in the law court of the Heliaia, but were not allowed to serve in the Boule or serve as magistrates.[citation...
referred to as jurors) of the judicial formations of the Athenian court of Heliaia were, like those attending assembly, ordinary citizens and not legal experts...
as Anaxagoras, Protagoras and Socrates were accused and trialed by the Heliaia. Dyssebeia was considered the opposite daimon to eusebeia. The Indian emperor...
a citizen. He could not attend assembly meetings, serve as a juror in Heliaia or bring actions before the courts. Being barred from assembly would effectively...
admitted into the Ekklesia and for a court (the Heliaia) to be formed from all the citizens. The Heliaia appears to have been the Ekklesia, or some representative...
ancient Athenian prison is about 100 meters (330 ft) southwest of the Heliaia court, just outside the site of the agora. Plato's representation of Socrates...
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