ANDRAPODISMOU GRAPHE
ANDRAPODISMOU GRAPHE (
ἀνδραποδισμοῦ
γραφή), a public prosecution against two distinct offences. 1.
Kidnapping or enslaving a free person (for which also an
ἐλευηεροπρασίου δίκη is mentioned by Pollux,
but not elsewhere). 2. Stealing slaves from their lawful owners. The crime
of the
ἀνδραποδιστὴς was capital both at
Athens and in Greece generally (Xen.
Memor.
1.2.62;
Apol. Socr. § 25; Demosth.
Phil. i. p. 53.47); and he might be summarily brought before
the Eleven by
ἀπαγωγή (Isocr.
Antid. § 96; Meier,
Att. Process,
p. 229, note). For the feeling of the Greeks on this class of offences,
compare Plato,
Leg. 9.869 A, 12.955 A; Lys.
c.
Theomn. 1.10.
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