Symposion 2019, pp. 229-254, 2021/12/15
Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte (Hamburg, 26.‒28. August 2019)
Magistrates’ euthynai were one of the legal procedures in the Greek citydesigned to ensure political stability by enforcing accountability and the rule of law.This paper focuses on a problematic class of inscriptions, namely accounts andinventories, which were clearly produced in connection with the end-of-yearaccounts, and looks into their potential in providing information for the mechanismsof euthynai.
Keywords: Athenian democracy, accounts and accountability, polis officials, archives, judicial procedure