politeia

Noun

Meaning

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politeia

(historical, Ancient Greece) citizenship

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Examples

Athenaion Politeia 9 Plutarch Solon 18.6 *the disenfranchisement of any citizen who might refuse to take up arms in times of civil strife, a measure that was intended to counteract dangerous levels of political apathy. Source: Internet

Athenaion Politeia 12.4, quoting Solon *prohibition on a debtor's person being used as security for a loan. Source: Internet

Athenaion Politeia 7.1, 55.5 Plutarch Solon 25.3 There was an assembly of Athenian citizens (the Ekklesia ) but the lowest class (the Thetes ) was not admitted and its deliberative procedures were controlled by the nobles. Source: Internet

Athenaion Politeia 3.6 Athenaion Politeia 8.2 The Areopagus comprised former archons and it therefore had, in addition to the power of appointment, extraordinary influence as a consultative body. Source: Internet

Athenaion Politeia 7–8 A modern view affords the same privilege to the hippeis. Source: Internet

See P. Rhodes, 1981, Commentary on the Aristotelian "Athenaion Politeia", p. 729. Having been found guilty of corruption and impiety, Socrates and the prosecutor suggested sentences for the punishment of his crimes against the city-state of Athens. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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