Tuesday 4 November 2014

Evdudes post on democracy (Evan)

Athenian democracy is not fair in my opinion. 1 in 3 people were slaves in Athens which by the way is not fair at all. Women were refererd as slaves because they stayed at home usually. Slaves were bought and sold around Athens. When people became slaves they lost half there virtues. To vote in democracy you had to be from Athens, male, over 20 years old and both your father and your mother had to be from Athens. Nine tenths of Athens was barred from voting because of there virtues. Women were believed to un-equal and women were usually wearing a type of clothing that covered there face. Women were said to be possessed by demones (Greek word). A married women was the possession of the man. Greeks called people who could participate in the voting but did not idiots. usually there would be 2 orators that would debate on things

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