Athenian Political and Social culture Flashcards
Aristotle constitution 25.1
‘[Ephialtes] Made away with many of the Areopagites by bringing legal proceedings against them about their acts of administration.’
Aristotle Constitiution 25.3
‘Treasonable dealing with Persia.’
AC 27.1
‘He took away some of the functions of the Areopagus and he urged the state very strongly in the direction of naval power, which resulted in the emboldening of the multitude.’
AC 27.2
‘Pericles first made service in the jury courts a paid office.’
Ac 26.3
‘Confining the citizenship to persons of Citizen birth on both sides.’
AC 28.3
’ He added to the two Obols another Obol.’
‘He is thought to have done the most to corrupt the people by his impetuous outbursts.’
AC 28.4
From Cleon onwards the leadership of the people was handed down in an unbroken line by men most willing to gratify the many.’
Aristophanes wasps 929
because in one house you cannot have two theives
Aristophanes knights 214
‘Mix all the policies into a hash, butter the people up a bit, throw in a pinch of rhetoric as a sweetener.’
Thucydides 2.65
When Pericles was head of affairs the state was wisely led and firmly guarded
In what was normally a democracy, power was really in the hands of the first citizen
Old Oligarch 1.2
‘It seems fair enough that the poor and the common people should have more power than the noble and the rich
Old Oligarch 1.8
Such a way of life could never produce the best city, this this is the way democracy can best be preserved.
Old Oligarch 3.1
One can spend a year and still not get matters settled by the council
Aristotle 24.3
The combined proceeds of the tributes and taxes and the allies served to employ more than 20,000 men.
Xenophon Memorabilia 3.7.6
‘These are the people that make up the the assembly.’
