Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Scrutiny
In his treatise on the Athenian Constitution (55.3), Aristotle lists the questions posed to prospective archons during their official scrutiny (dokimasia):
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- Who is your father?
- What is your father's deme?
- Who is your father's father?
- Who is your mother?
- Who is your mother's father?
- What is your mother's father's deme?
- Do you have an Ancestral [Patroos] Apollo and a Courtyard [Herkeios] Zeus?
- Where are these shrines?
- Do you have family tombs?
- Where are these tombs?
- Do you treat your parents well?
- Do you pay your taxes?
- Have you performed your military service?
