Andrapodismou graphe
ἀνδραποδισμοῦ γραφή
Andrapodismou graphe (ἀνδραποδισμοῦ γραφή), a public prosecution against two distinct offences. 1. Kidnapping or enslaving a free person (for which also an ἐλευηεροπρασίου δίκη is mentioned by Pollux, but not elsewhere). 2. Stealing slaves from their lawful owners. The crime of the ἀνδραποδιστὴς was capital both at Athens and in Greece generally (Xen. Memor. 1.2.62; Apol. Socr. § 25; Demosth. Phil. i. p. 53.47); and he might be summarily brought before the Eleven by ἀπαγωγή (Isocr. Antid. § 96; Meier, Att. Process, p. 229, note). For the feeling of the Greeks on this class of offences, compare Plato, Leg. 9.869 A, 12.955 A; Lys. c. Theomn. 1.10.
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.