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What did the large size of jury prevent?
Bribery
What help could be provided with speeches?
Professional speech writers
What size were juries?
Usually between 201 and 501
How did jurors vote?
Stone in urn
Who presented the cases?
Plaintiff and defendant
How many jurors were chosen for list at start of year?
6000
Who could be juror?
Citizens over 30
What is clepsydra?
Water clocks used to time speeches given during a trial.
Foreign residents in Athens were called ...
Metoikoi
Athenian Citizenship was granted to ...
Athenians with two citizen parents (born in Athens); could not be granted through naturalization;
Hillside auditorium west of the Acropolis where the ekklesia (the assembly) met.
Pnyx
Pieces of broken pottery used to write down unpopular politicians.
Ostraka
The year Cleisthenes introduced demokratia.
507 BC
Every year the Assembly wrote down the names of bad politicians on ostraka. Those with more than 6000 votes were banished for ten year.
Ostracism
A meeting in which freeborn men over 30 voted for laws suggested by the Council.
The Assembly or Ekklesia
This body consisted of 500 members drawn each year. They were in charge of the city state of Athens.
The Council
The person who introduced democracy in Athens.
Cleisthenes
The ancient Greek name for democracy.
Demokratia