Athenian Democracy

• Part I. How Athens Became a Democracy: 1. What did Solon do? (1–28); 2. The Kleisthenic Revolution (29–37); 3. Fifth-century constitutional changes (38–48); 4. The creation of fourth-century democracy (49–55); Part II. Athenian Democratic Institutions: 6. Citizenship (56–73); 7. Demes (74–95); 8. Other subdivisions of the demos (96–122); 9. The Council of 500 (123–73); 10. The Assembly (174–213); 11. Law courts (214–71); 12. Magistrates and officials (272–5); 13. The Army and Navy (276–343); 14. Democracy and religion: regulating cult activities and piety (344–77); Part III. Democracy in Action: 15. Politics in action (378–420); 16. Theorising democracy (421–34); 17. Overthrowing democracy (435–46).

'This is an excellent introductory overview based on primary sources.' Andrew Foster, Fordham University