Athènes, l'autre démocratie. Ve siècle av. J.-C. Moyen-âge United by common southern origins

United by common southern origins

the bull remained the wildest of domestic animals

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reveal as much as they examine: here we are scrutinized by a vicious word

Gauguin et Munch

Athènes, l'autre démocratie. Ve siècle av. J.-C. Moyen-âge United by common southern originsAthenian democracy was apparently imperfect, limited, and reduced to a tiny fraction of the population. It would therefore be incomparable, even contradictory, with our contemporary democracy. In this new and entirely renewed history, Christophe Pbarthe returns to ancient documents and demonstrates that it was a regime where the people effectively governed themselves. He describes, among other things, how the Athenians ensured that their deliberations