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Overall, the Akropolis was the most common place of publication for Athenian state decrees. Of the decrees of all periods with extant places of publication, 64% were set up solely on the Akropolis or with a second copy on the Akropolis (see. table 1).
In the third quarter of the fifth century, the Athenian Demos passed a series of decrees concerning the priestess of Athena Nike, whose sanctuary stood atop the southwest bas-tion of the Athenian Acropolis.2 The two best preserved of these decrees were inscribed on a single stele displayed at the sanctuary.
The Spartan equivalent of the senate was its “gerousia”, while Ephors and the kings would regularly attend the “apella” (general assembly) to develop and try to pass “rhetrai”, or motions and decrees.
25 wrz 2024 · While both Athens and Sparta were significant city-states in ancient Greece, they represented two extremely different facets of the society. Athens, often called the cradle of civilization, emphasized intellectual growth and democratic governance.
3 sie 2019 · Athenians in the 4th century were governed by laws (nomoi or nomos, νόμος, in the singular) and decrees (psephismata, or psephisma, ψήφισμα, in the singular). Decrees were passed by a vote of the Assembly, of the Council, or both. Laws came into being by a more complicated process. Laws took precedence over Decrees.
8 lis 2023 · Athens and Sparta in ancient times were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states continue to hold priceless historic value for Greece and the world in general. On the one hand, Athens remains one of the beacons of Western Civilization.
The two most conspicuous monuments constructed on the acropolis under Pericles' program were a huge marble temple of Athena (called the Parthenon) and a mammoth gate building (called the propylaia 103) straddling the western entrance to the acropolis.
