Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ancient Athens, one of the body of qualified citizens annually chosen to sit as judges in the courts; a dicast.
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Examples
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Ah! there is no form of flattery that is not addressed to the heliast!
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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[84] The drachma was worth six obols, or twice the pay of a heliast.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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There were two urns, one for each of the two opinions, and each heliast placed a pebble in one of them.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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In this the heliast is sworn never to vote for the establishment of tyranny or oligarchy in Athens, and never to listen to any proposition tending to destroy the democratic constitution.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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