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Ancient Greek Democracy

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