5th century BC Athens - Athenian Governance and Politics

The minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly

• quorum

• archonship

• heliaea

• demagogues

The rank or office of an archon (magistrate)

• quorum

• archonship

• heliaea

• demagogues

A class of citizens in ancient Athens having 200 to 300 bushels .

• quorum

• zeugitae

• heliaea

• demagogues

 Political orators who appeal blatantly to the listeners' emotion.

• quorum

• zeugitae

• heliaea

• demagogue

 The supreme court in Athens.

• quorum

• zeugitae

• heliaea

• Ekklesia

In Athens in the 5th cent. BC this was a way to exile a citizen for ten years.

• Ostracism

• strategoi

• Archon

• Areopagus

A military general. The annual election of this position was held in the spring, and their term of office coincided with the ordinary Athenian year, from midsummer to midsummer.

• Ostracism

• strategoi

• Archon

• Areopagus

The earliest aristocratic council of ancient Athens. The name was taken from a low hill northwest of the Acropolis, which was its meeting place.

• Ostracism

• strategoi

• Archon

• Areopagus

The chief magistrate or magistrates in many city-states.

• Ostracism

• strategoi

• Archon

• Areopagus

The doctrine that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.

• Cleisthenes

• poleis

• egalitarianism

• dikasteria