Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Ιστορία της Ελληνικής και Ρωμαϊκής ΑρχαιότηταςLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Supervisors info:
Werner Riess, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ιστορίας, Πανεπιστήμιο Αμβούργου
Σελήνη Ψωμά, Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Original Title:
The Political Reforms of Kleisthenes the Alcmaeonid and Isonomia
Translated title:
The Political Reforms of Kleisthenes the Alcmaeonid and Isonomia
Summary:
The present study begins with an introduction to the period before 508/7 BCE, providing some essential remarks on the fall of tyranny, Kleisthenes and his debate with Isagoras. In the second main part of the paper, the political reforms the late sixth century are analyzed. The chapter begins with a brief interpretation of the most important aspects of the year 508/7 and some reflexions on the Assembly of that year, the council of 400 and the Areopagus as well as the way the reforms were ratified. The chapter goes on with the analysis of the tribal reform, the establishment of the Council of 500 and the expansion of the citizen body in Athens, including the archaeological data associated with them from the Athenian Agora and the Pnyx. In the end of each sub-chapter that examines these reforms, I provide a discussion on the way each reform leads to Isonomia as a constitution. In the second part of the chapter, the reforms of the late sixth century are examined. Here, the study focuses on the military domain (ten generals and the Athenian navy of the late sixth century) as well as the economic aspect of the Kleisthenic reforms (the possible numismatic reform and the use of the mines).
In the third chapter, I examine briefly the impact of the reforms in the military domain, with the first Athenian victory in 506/5, and the religious sphere with the introduction and reorganization of some political cults in Attika (e.g. the Tyrannicides, Theseus and the ten Eponymous heroes). In the last chapter of the study, I examine first the political term “isonomia”, then how Isonomia is defined as a constitution, based on the study of N. Birgalias, and finally I highlight the reasons why the newly-established constitution of Athens, after the reforms of Kleisthenes, is indeed the most characteristic case of an isonomic constitution in the archaic Greece.
Main subject category:
History
Keywords:
Κλεισθένης, αρχαϊκή Αθήνα, πολιτειακές μεταρρυθμίσεις, ισονομία, ισηγορία
Number of references:
558
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