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Acharistias dike

ἀχαριοστίας δίκη

Acharistias dike (ἀχαριοστίας δίκη), mentioned among private actions by Pollux, 8.31; but according to Xenophon, Xen. Mem. 2.2.13, the law recognised no ἀχαριοστία except towards parents. [KAKOSIS]

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.