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When there were ten tribes, each tribe presided thirty-five days, or five weeks; when the number was afterward increased to twelve, the period of the presidency was one month. Atimos means rather unhonoured than dishonoured. By rapid degrees, however, the word ceased to convey its original meaning; it was applied to offences so ordinary and common, that it sunk into a mere legal term.
In legislation, characters of blood are always traced upon tablets of sand. It is remarkable that in the spirit of his laws he appealed greatly to the sense of honour and the fear of shame, and made it one of his severest penalties to be styled atimos or unhonoured a theory that, while it suited the existent, went far to ennoble the future, character of the Athenians.
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