Ecclesia

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Athenian political institution democratic assembly popular assembly

Ecclesia was the principal popular assembly of citizens in Classical Athens that exercised direct democratic control over laws, foreign policy, and major state decisions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Ekklesia	5
Ecclesia canonical	3
Ecclesia of Athens	1
ekklesia	1
the Church (as a woman)	1
Ἐκκλησία	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athenian political institution ⓘ democratic assembly ⓘ popular assembly ⓘ
agendaPreparedBy	Boule ⓘ
authorizes	public expenditures ⓘ
composedOf	male Athenian citizens ⓘ
convenesFor	debate on proposals ⓘ
country	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
decidesOn	alliances ⓘ citizenship grants ⓘ military expeditions ⓘ ostracism ⓘ
decisionRule	majority vote ⓘ
developedFrom	earlier Homeric and archaic assemblies ⓘ
elects	certain magistrates ⓘ
excludes	resident foreigners (metics) ⓘ slaves ⓘ women ⓘ
exercisedPowerOver	foreign policy ⓘ lawmaking ⓘ major state decisions ⓘ war and peace decisions ⓘ
governs	Classical Athens ⓘ surface form: Athenian polis
greekName	ἐκκλησία ⓘ
hasPoliticalSystem	direct democracy ⓘ
historicalPrecursorOf	modern parliamentary assemblies ⓘ
influenced	concept of popular sovereignty ⓘ later Greek city-state assemblies ⓘ
literalMeaning	assembly ⓘ
locatedIn	Classical Athens ⓘ
meetingFrequency	about 40 times per year ⓘ
meetsAt	Pnyx hill ⓘ
minimumAgeForParticipation	18 years ⓘ
originatesFrom	Athenian democracy ⓘ surface form: Athenian reforms of Cleisthenes
oversees	magistrates’ conduct ⓘ
partOf	Athenian democracy ⓘ
presidedOverBy	prytaneis ⓘ
quorumRequirement	6000 citizens (for some decisions) ⓘ
ratifies	decrees (psephismata) ⓘ
relatedTo	Boule ⓘ Heliaia ⓘ
timePeriod	4th century BCE ⓘ 5th century BCE ⓘ
typeOfParticipation	direct participation of citizens ⓘ
usedLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
votingMethod	secret ballot (in some procedures) ⓘ show of hands ⓘ