Encyclopedia - Athenian Democracy: Encyclopedia - Athenian Democracy
The Athenian democracy (sometimes called classical democracy) was the democratic system developed in the Greek city-state of Athens (comp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athenian Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Athenian Democracy - Overview
Athenian democracy - Assembly. The central events of the Athenian democracy were the meetings of the assembly or ekklesia. Unlike a par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athenian Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Athenian Democracy - Participation And Exclusion
Athenian democracy - Size and make-up of the Athenian population. The population of Attica can only be roughly guessed at as the Atheni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pnyx: Encyclopedia Ii - Pnyx - Athenian Democracy
The grassy area in front of the bema was in ancient times an area of bare rock, in which about 6,000 men could stand. This can be taken a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athenian Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Athenian Democracy - Criticism Of The Democracy
Athenian democracy has had many critics, both ancient and modern. Modern critics are more likely to find fault with the narrow definition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athenian Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Athenian Democracy - Main Bodies Of Governance
There were three political bodies where citizens gathered in numbers running into the hundreds or thousands. These are the assembly (in s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athenian Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Athenian Democracy - Officeholders
Citizens active as office holders served in a quite different capacity from when they voted in the assembly or served as jurors. The asse...   » Read the article