Kaminsky himself is not living happily during this war: He is in contact with the Odessans he loves, trying to get them out, to get them money, and, frenetically and constantly, sharing poetry by Ukrainians in translation.

To note-take or not to note-take?

Apart from this remark there is no evidence that prosecutors were elected for the procedure of endeixis. (Hansen notes that prosecutors were elected for the novel procedure of apophasis, as is evident from the scandal concerning Harpalos, and suggests that prosecutors could be elected for an endeixis.)

Here’s what that might look like: your spouse/s (your long-term partner/s, if you are unmarried, have no legal rights unless you grant it to them prior to your death), your children by majority vote, your parents, siblings, grandchildren, grandparents, nieflings, the siblings of your parents, and so on—there are rules for determining who’s next in line all the way down to your first cousins twice removed!