CLA 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Basileus, Strategos, Water Clock
15 Mar 2017
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***see attached plan of the athenian agora and http://plato-dialogues. org/tools/agora. htm. Definition: demos: people, kratos (-cracy): power. Equality did not extend to women, slaves, people without greek citizenship. Attica: polis of the athenians= asty (athens) + chora. Wealth and position came from land owned. Archons (leaders: king archon, responsible for religion and laws, polemarch, war archon, eponymous archon, dedicated the name to the year, + 6 thesmothetes, record but don"t publish laws, one year. Areopagus council: meets on the hill of aeres, people who finished a year of archons, administers justice, supervises archons. Ekklesia: agenda for aristocrats, farmers and craftsmen. How to change oligarcgy to democracy: legally, politically, economically legal reform/draconian. How to achieve rule by the people (democracy): Poor now eligible for jury duty= power for the poor. Political reform: increased ekklesia membership (poor was included, qualification for office. Tyrannicides: harmodius and aristogeiton (p. 118, assasinated hipparchos, brother hippias was the last greek tyrant.
