Argumentative Essay On Athenian Democracy

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Athenian democracy was interesting to talk about because you can’t really say it’s democracy or it’s not the democracy because it was both in some ways. Before we talk about their government let’s talk about what’s democracy and how it work. Democracy is the rule of the whole of the people, excluding minors and maniacs only. In democracy government to be able to vote you have to be 18 and up and citizen of that country; at least in the modern democracy government. So how come Athenian democracy was both and what makes it be able this? The Athenian government was a democracy because the people had a freedom to be able to do what they want as long as it’s under the law. And this freedom was for all people. In his article “Pericles' funeral oration” Thucydides states that Athenians gave equal justice to all. Advancement in public life falls to one’s reputation for good work. Social class is not allowed to interfere with someone's merit. This shows that it doesn’t matter if you are rich or poor, big or small, legend or beginner everybody gets the same equal rights as others. …show more content…

If we go back and look at the definition of democracy, democracy means a government that’s ruled by the people or people representative and clearly, Athens democracy was ruled by the people.in his article “was Athenian democracy?” Mogens Hansen says that Athenian democracy was more than democracy because it was government by the people instead of the government by those elected by the people. This indicates how the Athenian government was a democracy and how the relationship between the government and the people was

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