El propósito principal del presente estudio es demostrar estos puntos: a) un perseguidor que no conseguía en un pleito público la quinta parte de los votos o no proseguía una acción comenzada incurría ipso facto en una multa de 1.000 dracmas inexorablemente unida a la atimia parcial y temporal (no permanente). Si, como más tarde, no abonaba la multa en la novena pritanía, ésta era doblada (2.000 dracmas) y la atimía pasaba de parcial a total. En cuanto pagara se volvía epítimos; b) un perseguidor que no continuaba una eisangelía estaba sujeto a la pena anterior; sin embargo, un acusador que no conseguía un quinto de los votos en ella no sufría inicialmente castigo alguno, pero a partir aproximadamente del 331 a.C. era sancionado con 1.000 dracmas, mas no con la atimía parcial; c) el acusado que era condenado en eúthynai, en algunas graphaí o díkai a indemnizar al Estado, o multado por un magistrado se convertía en deudor público desde ese mismo momento, pero no en átimos. Si, en última instancia, no saldaba la deuda en la novena pritanía, ésta era duplicada y él mismo se convertía, entonces sí, en totalmente átimos. Volvía a ser epítimos tan pronto como liquidara lo que debía.The main purpose of this study is to demonstrate these points: a) a prosecutor that did not get a fi fth of the votes in a public lawsuit or did not continue an initiated action immediately incurred a fi ne of 1.000 drachmas inexorably linked to partial and temporary (not permanent) atimia. If, as later, he did not settle the debt in the ninth pritany, it was doubled (2.000 drachmas) and atimia went from partial to total. As he paid off, he became epitimos; b) a prosecutor who did not go on with an eisangelia was subject to the preceding punishment; however a plaintiff who did not obtain a fi fth of the votes in it did not suffer any punishment at fi rst, but from about 331 BC he was punished with 1.000 drachmas, but not with partial atimia; c) the defendant who was sentenced on euthynai, on some graphai or dikai to indemnify the state or fi ned by a magistrate, turned into public debtor from that very moment, but not into atimos. If, as a last resort, he did not pay off the debt in the ninth prytany, it was doubled and he became fully atimos. He was again epitimos as soon as he cleared off what he owed
