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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 137, p. 119

IG II², 1230, 1235. SEGXXVIII, 365. SEG XXIX, 134. IG II², 1236. SEG XXXVI, 197. W.S. Ferguson, Hesperia 7, 1938, pp. 12-47. J.H. Oliver, The Athenian Expounders of the Sacred and Ancestral Law, 1950, ... Agora 16 119 ... Plutarch, Moralia 841B-C ... W.S. Ferguson, Hesperia 7, 1938, pp. 12-47

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Ekklesia

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The Ekklesia (Citizens' Assembly) All Athenian citizens had the right to attend and vote in the Ekklesia, a full popular assembly which met about every 10 days. All decrees (psephismata) were ratified ... Plutarch, the Thirty had a

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 183, p. 173

Hesperia, XXIV, 1955, pp. 220ff. Schol. Birds, 521. Hesperia, XVI, 1947, p. 170, no. 67. Frogs, 764. I.G. II (2), 1042. Aristotle, Ath. Pol., 62, 2. Deinarchos, I (Demosthenes), 43. Deinarchos, I (Demosthenes), ... Agora 3 173 I 5952 ... 261-260 B.C ... I.G. II (2), 1283, lines 6-7 ... [Plutarch], Vit. X Orat., 843c and 852e

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Practice of Ostracism

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Ostracism Soon after their victory over the Persians at the battle of Marathon in 490 B.C., the Athenians began the practice of ostracism, a form of election designed to curb the power of any rising tyrant ... Plutarch describes the final ... son of Lysimachos. Plutarch ... (Aristeides 7, translated by Ian

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Solon the Lawgiver

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Solon the Lawgiver By the early 6th century B.C. social tensions in Athens had become acute, pitting the poorer citizens against rich and powerful landowners. Many citizens were reduced to the status of ... Plutarch and Aristotle describe ... (Plutarch, Life of Solon 18.4)

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Women

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The Unenfranchised I - Women Numerous people resident in Athens and Attica had little part in the political life of the state. Most glaring by modern standards was the exclusion of women, although a similar ... (Plutarch, Life of Perikles