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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 263, p. 253

Kephisios. Kykloi. Kephisodotos. Kynegeiros. Kerameia. Kynosarges. Kerameikos. Kyrbeis. Lacedaemonians. Laches. Lamp of Prytaneion. Kerameis. Lamp market. Keramos. Lampon, seer. Kerkopes. Lapiths. Kersobleptes ... Agora 3 253 ... Kleroteria

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 77, p. 52

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; The Facilities for Civic Administration; The Law Courts. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The ... Agora 14 52 ... Sterling Dow, Aristotle, the Kleroteria and the Courts, H.S.C.P., L, 1939, pp. 1-34

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Judiciary and Lawcourts

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Judiciary and Lawcourts The lawcourts of Athens, a city notorious throughout Greece for the litigiousness of her citizens, were both numerous and large. Several of these lawcourts were in the immediate ... He went at dawn to the kleroteria (27) of his tribe where he deposited his ticket in a box labeled with his section letter. When the tickets of all those seeking jury-duty had been deposited in the 10 boxes, they were pulled out at random and filed in the slots of the two kleroteria (28), each of five columns, with one column being devoted to each section-letter. 26. ... The archon in charge, having learned how many courts were to be filled and wishing to fill his tribe’s quota of the total number of jurors, put into the funnels at the top of the kleroteria as many balls (white for the number to be allotted and the remainder black for those to be dismissed) as there were tickets in the shortest column.

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Jury

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The Jury The jurors for each trial were chosen from a large body of citizens available for jury duty for the period of one year. At the beginning of the year, each juror was given a bronze pinakion, a ... The pinakia were used in kleroteria, allotment machines that assigned jurors to the courts. ... According to Aristotle, a pair of such kleroteria stood at the entrance to each court (Athenian Constitution 63).

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: The Council and Magistrates

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The Council and the Magistrates Like selection for military service, allotment to the Council was organized according to the division by tribes; 50 members from each tribe acted as a unit in the Council ... For allotment to office, on the other hand, the machinery was sometimes simply a jar from which white and black beans could be drawn, but sometimes the large stone “machines” (kleroteria) also used in the lawcourts.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 282, p. 257

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Walls; City. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Wooden; Bedposts. The Athenian ... Agora 14 257 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Wooden; Kleroteria

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 274, p. 249

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Iakchos. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Kerkopes; Agora. The Athenian ... Agora 14 249 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Kleroteria; Allotment Machines