The Heliastic oath (Ancient Greek: ἡλιαστικὸς ὅρκος; heliastikos horkos) was an oath sworn by the 6000 dikastes selected each to be jurors in the ancient Athenian law courts. Unlike modern juries, the oath was not sworn at the trial but after their initial selection to be potential jurors on the hill of Ardettos outside the walls of Athens to the south-east.
The Heliastic oath (Ancient Greek: ἡλιαστικὸς ὅρκος; heliastikos horkos) was an oath sworn by the 6000 dikastes selected each to be jurors in the ancient Athenian law courts. Unlike modern juries, the oath was not sworn at the trial but after their initial selection to be potential jurors on the hill of Ardettos outside the walls of Athens to the south-east.
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