Athens: Birthplace of Democracy?
The Ancients
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The Origins of Democracy in the Ancient Greek World
Our literary sources for democracy in the ancient Greek world seem to be almost, if not completely, written by elite men. So, is this kind of hindered how democracy is portrayed in the ancientGreek world? It has influenced it. And there is an obvious reason why the only people who were able, were in a position to write about,. to theorize about democracy, were elite few.
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