Friday 9.7

Athenian Gov't

  • what type of gov't
    • democracy
  • always this type of gov't? if not how did it change?done
  • who was allowed to participate?done
  • the branch and bodies of gov't- me done.
    • the 3 pillars
      • the Assembly of the Demos
        • male Athenian citizen gathered to listen to, discuss, and vote on things that affected Athenian life, whether it was public or private
        • let the male Athenian citizen speak their minds and exercise their votes that had to do with the government of the city
        • was the most central and most definitive institution of their democracy
        • citizens were paid for attending that way poor would come without worrying about leaving work
      • the Council of 500
        • represented the full time gov't of Athens
        • had 500 citizens, 50 from each of the ten tribes, who served for one year
        • could issue laws on its own, but main function was to prepare the agenda for meetings of the assembly
        • would meet to talk about and vote on "Preliminary decrees"
          • any of them that passed the Council's vote went on to the Assembly so they could discuss and vote on it.
      • the People's Court
        • the Heliaea and other courts where citizen juries would listen to cases would vote on whether or not someone was guilty, and vote on punishments for people who were guilty
        • jurors would get one-half drachma a day(or 3 obols) for being in the jury
        • had to be at least 30 years old to be in the jury 
      • they were all supplemented by:
        • the Council of the Areopagus
        • the Archons
        • the Generals
  • did the people like it? jordan
  • where there critics? if so what did they say - me
  • key players. What did they do. done
  • elections
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