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http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_verdict.html The Verdict After the speeches and other evidence had been presented, the members of the jury voted by casting ballots. A series of vase paintings of the early 5th century B.C. show a mythological story, ... A series of vase paintings of the early 5th century B.C. show a mythological story, the vote for the arms of Achilles. ... Whether or not the voting scenes that appear on vases depicting this story show an actual method of voting in early 5th-century Athens, their appearance at this time may have been prompted by the enhanced importance of voting that resulted from the reforms of Kleisthenes. ... The majority are datable to the 4th century B.C., but the latest, and especially those of lead, may run into the 2nd century B.C. |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_council_and_magistrates.html The Council and the Magistrates Like selection for military service, allotment to the Council was organized according to the division by tribes; 50 members from each tribe acted as a unit in the Council ... The Council and the Magistrates Like selection for military service, allotment to the Council was organized according to the division by tribes; 50 members from each tribe acted as a unit in the Council and held the presidency (prytany) of the Council for one of its 10 prytanies, with a third of their number constantly on duty and in residence in the Tholos, the round building next to the Council House (Bouleuterion) (14, 15). 14. Civic buildings on the west side of the Agora, from the southeast. 15. ... Allotment tokens, 450–430 B.C. The Council also supervised the election of the generals, one from each of the 10 tribes, who were the chief executive officers of the administration, replacing in this function the archons, whose power decreased in the early fifth century when they began to be chosen by lot. |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/ostracism.html Ostracism In addition to the legal assassination condoned in the Law against Tyranny, a less extreme method was also available for removing powerful but dangerous men from public life. This was a formal, ... Such was ostracism, introduced as a safeguard against tyranny, later used as a weapon by rival statesmen, and finally abandoned in the late fifth century when it deteriorated into a political game. 21. Ostraka cast against Aristeides, Themistokles, Kimon, and Perikles, fifth century B.C. ... The big deposits of ostraka, found on the road from the southwest corner of the Agora, belong to the early years of the fifth century. |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/standard_weights_and_measures.html Standard Weights and Measures The Controllers of Measures (Metronomoi) have also left us many samples of their work. One set of bronze weights (34), inscribed as standard weights of the Athenians, are ... Official liquid measure, fifth century B.C. 37. Official dry measure, with validating stamp and painted inscription reading DEMOSION (public property), fourth century B.C. 38. Official dry measure of bronze, late fifth century B.C. 39. ... That the same standard had been in use for centuries is witnessed by the fact that fifth century tiles have the same dimensions. 40. |
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