Athenian democracy

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Athenian democracy was the pioneering system of direct citizen rule developed in classical Athens, where eligible male citizens participated personally in legislative and judicial decision-making.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf direct democracy ⓘ
political institution ⓘ
system of government ⓘ
associatedWith Cleisthenes ⓘ
Pericles ⓘ
Solon of Athens ⓘ
surface form: Solon
characterizedBy direct participation of citizens ⓘ
majority rule ⓘ
ostracism ⓘ
payment for public office ⓘ
popular assembly ⓘ
rotation of office ⓘ
sortition ⓘ
citizenEligibility adult male citizens ⓘ
free-born of citizen parents (in later period) ⓘ
usually over 18 years old ⓘ
developedIn Classical Athens ⓘ
surface form: classical Athens
emergedAfter reforms of Cleisthenes ⓘ
emergedInCentury 5th century BCE ⓘ
endedAfter Macedonian domination of Athens ⓘ
excludesGroup resident foreigners (metics) ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
women ⓘ
hasCouncil Boule ⓘ
Athenian Council of 500 (Boule) ⓘ
surface form: Council of 500
hasInstitution Areopagus ⓘ
surface form: Areopagus (with limited powers)
hasJudicialBody Heliaia ⓘ
people's courts ⓘ
hasLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
hasLegislativeBody Assembly of the Demos ⓘ
Ecclesia ⓘ
surface form: Ekklesia
hasMechanism ostracism vote ⓘ
hasReform Cleisthenes ⓘ
surface form: Cleisthenic reforms

Periclean building program ⓘ
surface form: Periclean reforms

Solon of Athens ⓘ
surface form: Solonian reforms
hasVotingMethod secret ballot (in some courts) ⓘ
show of hands ⓘ
influenced concept of direct democracy ⓘ
modern democratic theory ⓘ
influencedBy hoplite citizen-soldier culture ⓘ
polis structure ⓘ
limitedBy imperial control over allies ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ
locatedIn Athens ⓘ
Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: ancient Greece
reachedPeakDuring Age of Pericles ⓘ
timePeriod 5th–4th centuries BCE ⓘ
usesSelectionMethod lottery ⓘ
sortition of officials ⓘ

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Attica → wasCenterOf → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Pericles → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Athenian army → governedBy → Athenian democracy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian Assembly
Athenian army → socialBasis → Athenian democracy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian citizen body (demos)
the Parthenon → symbolOf → Athenian democracy ⓘ
subject surface form: Parthenon
Treasury of the Athenians → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Classical Greece → hasPoliticalSystem → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Demosthenes → supported → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Aristophanes → workSubject → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Anytus → politicalAlignment → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Ecclesia → partOf → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Ecclesia → originatesFrom → Athenian democracy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian reforms of Cleisthenes
Boule → partOf → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Boule → partOf → Athenian democracy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian constitution
Heliaia → governedBy → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Athenian drachma → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
trial of Socrates → hasLegalSystem → Athenian democracy ⓘ
subject surface form: Trial of Socrates
Meletus → historicalContext → Athenian democracy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian democracy after the Peloponnesian War
Iphicrates → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Classical period → hasPoliticalSystem → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Periclean building program → politicalContext → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Age of Pericles → hasPoliticalSystem → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Athena Parthenos → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Parthenon sculptures → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Peloponnesian League → opposedIdeology → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Battle of Marathon → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Battle of Arginusae → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Theatre of Dionysus → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Peisistratid → followedBy → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Harmodius → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Athenian magistrates → usedIn → Athenian democracy ⓘ
On the Athenian demes → relatedTo → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Oresteia → culturalContext → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Critias → opposedTo → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Athenian Assembly (Ekklesia) → partOf → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Areopagus → politicalSystem → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Olynthiacs → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Colonus → culturalContext → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Hellenism → influencedBy → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Athenian Council of 500 (Boule) → partOf → Athenian democracy ⓘ
subject surface form: Athenian Council of 500
Peisistratid tyranny in Athens → followedBy → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Peisistratid tyranny in Athens → relatedTo → Athenian democracy ⓘ
the Thirty Tyrants → precededBy → Athenian democracy ⓘ
subject surface form: Thirty Tyrants
Pnyx hill → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Ἡλιαία → partOf → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Assembly of the Demos → partOf → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Assembly of the Demos → governs → Athenian democracy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian state
Athenian School of literature → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ
Athenian obol → associatedWith → Athenian democracy ⓘ