| 单词 | counter-penalty | 
| 释义 | counter-penaltyn. Ancient Greek History.   The penalty which an accused person who had been pronounced guilty suggested for himself in opposition to that which the accuser proposed. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > 			[noun]		 > penalty > counter-penalty counter-penalty1847 1847    G. Grote Hist. Greece IV.  ii. xxxvi. 494 		(note)	  				The practice of calling on the accused party, after having been pronounced guilty, to impose upon himself a counter-penalty..in contrast with that named by the accuser, was a convenient expedient for bringing the question to a substantive vote of the dikasts. 1875    B. Jowett in  tr.  Plato Dialogues 		(ed. 2)	 I. 342  				Why should he propose any counter-penalty when he does not know whether death..is a good or an evil? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < | 
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