Euthyna Explained

The term euthyna (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: εὔθυνα) and (in late Greek only) euthyne (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: εὔθυνη),[1] meaning straightening, was the examination of accountability which every public officer underwent on the expiration of his office in Classical Greece. At Athens the examination had two parts; the logos ('statement of account'), concerned the handling of public money and dealt with by a board of ten logistai (λογισταί, accountants), and the euthynai proper, an opportunity to raise any other objection to one's conduct in office, dealt with by a board of ten euthynoi (εὔθυνοι, straighteners) appointed by the boule. These officials could dismiss accusations or pass them on to the courts.

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  1. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0062%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DE%3Aentry+group%3D9%3Aentry%3Deuthyna-harpers Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Euthyna