The glory that was Greece : a survey of Hellenic culture and civilization (1915)
Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933, Hopper, R. J. (Robert John), 1910- · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 212
s wasunique. All Greek states had inherited from the earliesttimes the public meeting in the market-place as one of therights of citizenship. At Athens eventually all administrativedecrees were made at this Assembly, or Ecclesia, without anyrevision whatsoever, and all adult male citizens could… … Plate 31. RELIEFS FROM THE LUDOVISI THRONE [/. 116 (See pp. 124 and 160) THE AGES OF TRANSITIONpolicy. But it was a wonderful instrument of education, andit gave the Athenian citizen that sense of direct participationin the affairs of his state which alone could satisfy the politicalaspirations of…
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