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127 108. The Rowers' Benches of a Trireme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 109. The Cabins, Rigging, and Ram of a Trireme . . . . . . . . . . . 129 110. The Officers and Crew of a Trireme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 111. A Trireme at Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 112. The Tactics of a Naval Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 113. The Naval Strength of Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Chapter XV.
An Athenian Court Trial.
114. The Frequency of Litigation in Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 115. Prosecutions in Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 116. The Preliminaries to a Trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 117. The Athenian Jury Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 118. The Juryman's Oath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 119. Opening The Trial. The Plaintiff's Speech . . . . . . . . . . 140 120. The Defendant's Speech. Demonstrations by the Jury . . . . . . 141 121. The First Verdict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 122. The Second and Final Verdict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 123. The Merits and Defects of the Athenian Courts . . . . . . . . . 144 124. The Usual Punishments in Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 125. The Heavy Penalty of Exile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 126. The Death Penalty of Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Chapter XVI.
The Ecclesia of Athens.
127. The Rule of Democracy in Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 128. Aristocracy and Wealth. Their Status and Burdens . . . . . . . 147 129. Athenian Society truly Democratic up to a Certain Point . . . . 148 130. The Voting Population of Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 131. Meeting Times of the Ecclesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 132. The Pnyx (Assembly Place) at Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 133. The Preliminaries of the Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 134. Debating a Proposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 135. Voting at the Pnyx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 136. The Ecclesia as an Educational Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Chapter XVII.
The Afternoon at the Gymnasia
137. The Gymnasia. Places of General Resort . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 138. The Road to the Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 139. The Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 140. The Social Atmosphere and Human Types at the Academy . . . . . 160 141. Philosophers and Cultivated Men at the Gymnasia . . . . . . . . 161 142. The Beautiful Youths at the Academy . . . . . . . . . .