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http://agathe.gr/democracy/democracy_from_the_past_to_the_future.html Democracy from the Past to the Future Searching for models for the new government they were creating, America's Founding Fathers studied both the democracy of Athens and the republic of Rome, but they ... LIV; by Alexander Hamilton or James Madison) To justify the size of the House of Representatives, the author argued against a larger assembly by claiming that in large groups, like the Athenian assembly, "passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason." |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_council_and_magistrates.html The Council and the Magistrates Like selection for military service, allotment to the Council was organized according to the division by tribes; 50 members from each tribe acted as a unit in the Council ... Many decrees honor persons or groups for work well done. In this way the groups of 50 from each tribe who took their turn in the presidency (prytany) of the Council are often honored: “It seemed best to the Boule to praise the prytaneis of the tribe Pandionis for their piety to the gods and to praise their treasurer Philon son of Hegelochos of Paiania . . . and to crown him.” |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/citizenship_tribes_and_demes.html Citizenship: Tribes and Demes Every male Athenian, above and beyond the regular universal military training for service in the citizen army, was subject to universal political service. Besides being a ... The lines link groups of demes that belong to the same tribe. |
http://agathe.gr/publications/monographs.html Monographs Excavations in the civic and cultural center of classical Athens began in 1931 and have continued almost without interruption to the present day. The first Athenian Agora volumes presenting ... A descriptive catalogue divides the pottery into eight groups, arranged into chronologically differentiated layers. ... There are indexes of potters, painters, groups, and classes; subjects; shape and ornament; collections and provenances; and a general index. ... Chapter Three presents the groups in which most of them were found; their distribution is indicated on a plan of the excavation area. |
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