Democracy and Participation in Athens
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 30, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780521423892
Subjects: World history: BCE to c 500 CE; Politics and government; Greece; Ancient State; History; History - General History; Political participation; History: World; Ancient Greece; Ancient - Greece; Civics & Citizenship; Democracy; History / Ancient / General; History / Ancient / Greece; Political Science-Civics & Citizenship; Ancient - General; Athens; Athens (Greece)
First sentence: At some time about the 460s an Athenian boy was given the name Demokrates, which would seem to signify approval of the kratos (rule or power) of the demos (the people).