istōr (English spelling) istor

Japanese: istōr(英語表記)istor
istōr (English spelling) istor

…In Greek, justice was called dikē (judgment, justice), and in Homer the king (basileus), who was both military commander and priest, also functioned as judge. It must have been such a king who acted as isōr (one who knows) in the agorē, the assembly, to adjudicate disputes over the payment of indemnity for murder. Here the assembly functions as a popular court. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ギリシア語で裁判はディケdikē(〈裁決〉〈正義〉の意)と呼ばれ,ホメロスでは軍事指揮者と祭祀主宰者を兼ねる王(バシレウスbasileus)が,裁判者の機能をも兼ねていた。殺人の賠償金の支払をめぐる争いを裁くため,民会agorēにおいて〈審き人istōr〉(〈知っている者〉の意)の職務を行っているのはこのような王であったにちがいない。ここでは民会が民衆法廷の機能を果たしている。…

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