How to Impeach in Classical Athens
A Response to Edward M. Harris and Alberto Esu
Abstract
This article is a response to a recent (2021) contribution by E.M. Harris and A. Esu on eisangelia (“Policing Major Crimes: Eisangelia and Other Public Procedures,” Rivista di Diritto Ellenico 11). In that paper, the two scholars have suggested that what is traditionally known as eisangelia to the Assembly was in fact initiated as any other public prosecution would be, i.e., by submitting a written indictment to the relevant magistrate, without involving the Assembly in any way. This significant reappraisal has already been given considerable exposure, as evident from the recent OCD entry on eisangelia, as well as from other studies. In this paper it is argued that the evidence for initiating eisangelia in the Assembly is much stronger and therefore cannot be dismissed.
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