Athens: Democracy for the Few

Synopsis: Explores why Athens is thought of as the birthplace of democracy and the ways in which Athenian democracy differed from what we would recognise as democratic now. Looks at the 19th-century origins of the idea that classical Greece saw the beginnings of all Western civilisation and includes a dramatisation of Demonsthenes’ speech ‘The Prosecution of Neaira’ to illustrate the status of women in classical Athens.
Series: Democracy: From Classical Times to the Present, Course D316
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min.
Year of production: 1996
Availability: Sale; 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Classical studies; Politics & government
Keywords: democracy; Greece - classical

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