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Prostiman
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(προστιμᾶν/prostimân), 'additional penalty' available to the plaintiff. In Athens in cases of theft (Klope) courts had the option of imposing loss of honour in addition to a fine. The thief would be locked in the stocks for five days and nights and placed in the pillory (Lys. 10,15; Dem. Or. 24,114 and 146). Presumably prostimân happened in a third vote, after the jurors had voted on guilt and the fine.

Bibliography

A.R.W. Harrison, The Law of Athens, vol. 2, 1971, 177 

D. Cohen, Theft in Athenian Law, 1983, 62.

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Thür, Gerhard (Graz), “Prostiman”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1011020>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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