Taking Crucial Decisions in the Athenian Assembly and the Pivotal Role of Paideia

Emmanouil M. L. Economou and Nicholas C. Kyriazis
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Emmanouil M. L. Economou: University of Thessaly
Nicholas C. Kyriazis: University of Thessaly

Chapter Chapter 20 in Daily Life in Classical Athens, 2024, pp 241-249 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter describes a stormy debate in the Athenian citizen’s Assembly, about continuing (or not) a new round of war with the powerful Macedonia. It presents, in a figurative way, the basic political dilemma that the Athenians were called to vote on, through direct democratic procedures: peace or war. Furthermore, it indirectly relates this discussion to issues of education, both as a process of acquiring knowledge and as a process of shaping the moral character of citizens, the so-called paideia, something on which the Athenians invested a lot in their relationships with each other.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-58541-8_20

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