This book presents a detailed study of ancient Greek democracy in the Classical period (480 – 323 BC), focusing on examples outside Athens. It has three main goals: to identify where and when ...

Classical Athens perfected direct democracy. The plays of this ancient Greek state are still staged today ... It shows how democracy helped the Athenians to be better soldiers. For the first time ...

Isocrates the orator was the first to advocate for the unification of all Greek city-states under a single leadership.

The people built fantastic temples, made scientific discoveries, wrote plays and founded the first proper democracy ... out over the city of Athens. The final period of Greek history is known ...