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Judiciary and Lawcourts The lawcourts of Athens, a city notorious throughout Greece for the litigiousness of her citizens, were both numerous and large. Several of these lawcourts were in the immediate ... In one of the small rooms of this predecessor was found a curious container (24): two up-ended water channel tiles fixed in the floor. ... Time was measured by a klepsydra, or water clock (29). 29. Water clock (klepsydra), fifth century B.C.