Ο ΑΡΕΙΟΣ ΠΑΓΟΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΑΘΗΝΑ

THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY HAVE NOT TO BE CONSIDERED AS THE RESULT OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR OR AS THE RESULT OF THE CONFLICT AMONG ONLYTHE ARISTOCRATS OR RICH THEMSELVES WHO COMPETED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THEIR OWN INTERESTS. THE POLITICAL CONFLICT COULD BE CHARACTERIZED BY THE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATS, WHO WANTED TO PROMOTE THE INTERESTS, NOT ONLY OF THE POOR, BUT ALSO OF THE ENTIRE CITY INCLUDING THE RICH, AND TO LIMIT THE SELF INTERESTS OF THE UPPER CLASSES AND THE CONSERVATIVE OLIGARCHS WHO PREFERED THEIR ATOMIC INTERESTS. THE DEMOCRATS INTENDED TO INCREASE THE POLITICAL POWER OF THE CITY. WITHOUT A STRONG POLITICAL POWER, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MATERIALIZE THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE CITY WHICH IS CONTRARY TO THE SELF INTERESTS OF THE UPPER CLASSES.THE CONSERVATIVES, HOWEVER, PREFERED THEIR INDEPENDENCE FOR ATOMIC INTERESTS AND RESISTED THE CONCENTRATION OF THE POLITICAL POWER. THE ATHENIAN CONSTITUTIONWAS THE RESULT OF THE COMPROMISE BETWEEN THESE TWO DIFFERENT TENDENCIES. THE COMPROMISE RESULTED IN THE COOPERATION NOT ONLY AMONG DIFFERENT POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS (EKKLESIA, COUCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED, COUNCIL OF THE AREOS PAGOS, ARCHONS, COURTS ETC. )- INSTITUTIONS WHICH REPRESENTED DIFFERENT SOCIAL CLASSES AND DIFFERENT POLITICAL TENDENCY-, BUT ALSO THE COOPERATION INSIDE EACH INSTITUTION AMONG THE POLITICIANS WHO HAD DIFFERENT POLITICAL TENDENCY. THUS, WE COULD UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE AREOS PAGOS AND AT THE SAME TIME THE REASON WHY CONTINUED TO EXIST THE MODERATE DEMOCRACY THROUGHOUT THE LONGER PERIODICAL DISTANCE IN THEHISTORY OF ATHENS. THE AREOS PAGOS WAS THE POSITIVE ELEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENTOF THE MODERATE DEMOCRACY, NAMELY IT WAS SOMEWHAT THE SAFEGUARD FOR DEMOCRACY IN ORDER NOT TO DETERIORATE IN OCHLOCRACY. MOST OF THE TIME OF THE ATHENIAN HISTORY, WITH THE EXCEPTION ONLY OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 5TH CENTURY, THE AREOS PAGOS CONTINUED TO HAVE POLITICAL ROLE.

Grantor dc:publisher

Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων

Year dc:date

1991

Author dc:creator

• Τσέ, Τζα-Γιόνγκ

• AREOS PAGOS
• COUNSIL
• COURT OF AREOS PAGOS
• ΑΡΕΙΟΣ ΠΑΓΟΣ
• ΒΟΥΛΗ
• ΔΙΚΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ ΤΟΥ ΑΡΕΙΟΥ ΠΑΓΟΥ
• Ανθρωπιστικές Επιστήμες και Τέχνες
• Humanities and the Arts
• Ιστορία και Αρχαιολογία
• History and Archaeology

Language dc:language

gre

Identifier

10.12681/eadd/1706

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:10442/1706