"So first of all they are free, and the city is full of freedom and free speech [parrhesia] and there is license [exousia] within it for a man to do as he likes." -Plato
Professor Simon Goldhill of the University of Cambridge comments on the revolutionary Athenian idea of democracy.
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THE ROLES OF CITIZENS... in ancient Athens helped shape modern democracy, by shifting power from a select minority to the majority. From the right to vote, to the responsibility to participate in government, Athenian democracy would prove to be an extensive influence in our world, as we know it, today. |
A timeline of Athens