The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes(English, Paperback, Hansen Mogens Herman)

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The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes(English, Paperback, Hansen Mogens Herman) is written by Hansen Mogens Herman and published by University of Oklahoma Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0806131438 (ISBN 10) and 9780806131436 (ISBN 13).

The Athenian democracy of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. is the most famous and perhaps the most nearly perfect example of direct democracy. Covering the period 403-322 B.C., Mogens Herman Hansen focuses on the crucial last thirty years, which coincided with the political career of Demosthenes. Hansen distinguishes between the city's seven political institutions: the Assembly, the nomothetai, the People's Court, the boards of magistrates, the Council of Five Hundred, the Areopagos, and ho boulomenos. He discusses how Athenians conceived liberty both as the ability to participate in the decision-making process and as the right to live without oppression from the state or other citizens.