Crime And Punishment In Ancient Greece

OFFENSES AGAINST THE STATE
Athenian democracy was deeply suspicious of public officials,
and there were procedures in place to try to ensure that
these figures did not overstep appropriate boundaries.
At the end of one’s period in office, every public official had to
formally render account for his services in a process known
as euthunai.
By the fourth century BCE, this seems to have been replaced by
the possibility of eisangelia, roughly comparable to our idea
of impeachment.
Usually, eisangelia was brought directly before the full
assembly.