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ἡλιαία

eliaia · ἡ

public place

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Where it lives

Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. ἡλιαία · hēliaia

public place, hall

public place or hall, in which the chief law-court was held, ἐν ἡλιαίᾳ Ar. Eq. 897; ἀναβὰς εἰς τὴν ἡ. τὴν τῶν θεσμοθετῶν prob. in Antipho 6.21, cf. IG 1(2).39.75,63.14.

2 supreme court

supreme court at Athens, Lex Solonis ap. Lys. 10.16, Lex ap. D. 21.47, Paus. 1.28.8, etc.

= ἁλία (A) (q.v.).

III

ἡλιαίη, = ἀλέα (B), Hsch.

2. Ἡλιαῖα · Hēliaia

festival of Helios

festival of Helios, Jul. Or. 4.156c.

In the wild

ἡλιαίαν · hēliaian Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..68 (DIORISIS sentence 809)
ἡλιαίαν · hēliaian Aristotle, Politics 1301b (DIORISIS sentence 1814)

Where it came from

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