Role Of Monarchies In Ancient Greek Government

The most distinctive feature of Greek political culture lay in the extent of popular participation in political life that occurred within the city-states. This participation was based on the unique ideas of “citizenship,” of free people running the affairs of state, and of equality for all citizens before the law. Political participation in Greek city-states was much wider than in Persia, but it varied considerably between city-states and over time. Early in Greek history, only the wealthy and wellborn had the rights of full citizenship, but middle- and lower-class men gradually obtained these rights in some city-states.

During the times of Ancient Greece, two major forms of government existed, democracy and oligarchy. The city-states of Athens and Sparta are the best representatives of democracy and oligarchy, respectively. The focus of the times was directed towards military capabilities, while the Athenians were more interested in comfort and culture. It was the oligarchy in Sparta that put a war-like attitude as its first priority and best met the needs of Ancient Greece. These factors empowered Sparta and led to the development of an authoritative and potent state. Other contrasting issues included women’s rights, social classes, and value of human life.

In Greece, monarchies were found when the Mycenaeans ruled Greece during the period 2000 to 1100 BC. Monarchy is defined as a system of government where a single ruler has supreme power. The word “monarchy” comes from the Greek words “monos” meaning “single” and “archo” meaning “rule”. This single ruler, known as a king, ruled for life and passed the rule on to his heir when he died. The most famous monarchy was that of King Alexandra of Macedonia who ruled all of Greece from 336 BC.

“Polis is a term that is used to describe a tight knit small community of Ancient Greek citizens who agreed on certain rules and customs. Usually a polis was centered on a small town and the countryside the surrounded it” (Deering). The polis defined a public and communal space, the Agora, for the purpose of leading public affairs. The affairs of men and affairs were included as these had essentials parts to the entire community’s affairs. The Ancient Greek poleis are among the first recorded democratic governments in the world. The term polis has been translated into city-state as there was typically only one city and because an individual polis was independent from other poleis in terms of political, judicial, legal, religious and social institutions and practices (Cartwright). A polis offered security for its inhabitants and gave organization to government through structure, function and hierarchy.

Greco-Roman mythology is rich in names, characters, and events. Dozens of gods, goddesses, and mortal women and men participate in a variety of activities that reflect or exemplify behaviors and power relations in Greek and Roman societies. A wealth of literature was written about the relationships between mortals and immortals in Greco-Roman mythology. Much was written and said about the place humans occupy in the complex mythical hierarchies. However, the role and place of women remain the topic of the hot literary debate. In Greco-Roman mythology, the image of woman is always

The major ancient Greek city-states -Athens and Sparta, depict different forms of government which are; monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy. Aristocracy and democracy were found in Athens whereas monarchy and oligarchy were more established in Sparta. Both cities, in a way, they demonstrated a tyranny form of government. However, in reality, these forms of governments were controversial and one could debate their existence in each city-state.

Compare and contrast monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy as forms of government in Ancient Greek city-states.

Greece had two major city-states or powers, Athens and Sparta. Athens had the organization of the politics and government in place and were probably the city with the most qualities toward present-day democracies, however, I do believe Sparta should also be recognized for having a prestige military, with the training and power it processed, which is also valuable to the present day government. Both were very useful to Greece, however; they were two very different city-states with different values to offer to Greece. Sparta was known for its powerful military and strong army. The training of the boys/men was so intense that they had a huge advantage with their military, which was very useful for Greece. Athens was known for their democratic

At this time, most other poleis that constituted Greece were either oligarchies where a few of the richest and most powerful citizens held power, absolute monarchies with a sole, hereditary ruler or otherwise tyrannies where the ruler had taken power by force. (“BBC - History - Ancient History in depth,” n.d.)

My essay will be about the Greek civilization about 4000 years ago. I will be explaining the government and how it affects the modern day. These paragraphs will be involving the explanation of the three organization to make the Greek government. The three will be including Ekklesia, Boule, and Dikasteria. All three will have their own paragraph explaining how they work on their own and how they work with each other to make a democracy.

There were many different stages of government in Ancient Greece, even though they’re most famous for using the early democracy that we think of when we think of Athens. However, there are many other types of government that we should be aware of.

bstract This is a brief review of two Ancient and Classical Greek government types in the date-range from 800-323BCE and where they were most prominent. Keywords: Greek, government, democracy, oligarchy, aristocracy, tyranny,monarchy Comparing the Ancient Greek Governments Introduction This work will cover several forms of the Ancient and Classical Greek governments that were used.. The governments covered will be aristocracy, democracy, monarchy, oligarchy, and tyranny.

This paper attempts to classify the various types of forms of government in ancient Greek city-states. These forms of government are monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy.

The Greeks, despite never being lead by a single leader are known as a single people. This is due to the culture that was spread across the landmass of Greece being so similar to each other but yet the individuals are still highly memorable. Even someone who has not heard of Socrates, the Persian Wars, or Sparta can recognize things that were heavily inspired by the Greeks. In which I believe the political system of democracy, the taking down of history, and way that battles in war occur are the most prominent. In this paper, I will be attempting to cover these ideals in great detail in an attempt to educate you over this rather mythical topic.

In order to compare and contrast, we must first look at all the forms of governments and see the differences. First, according to an unknown author (n.d), the Mycenaeans (2000-1100bc) split up Greece into monarchies. There would be a King to rule over the territory and the king would rely on soldiers to keep the peace and collect taxes from the population. The king was the sole ruler and had a very rich lifestyle. The only way to obtain political power was to be born a kings son or be a high ranking general when the king had no son. Second, one must examine aristocracy. According to Brouwers (2015), Greek Aristocracy existed in the form of noble clans such as the Alcmaeonidae whom of which included Megacles (the killer of Cylon) and Cleisthenes. According to Brand (2010), aristocrats were rich influential clans who had much influence on politics. In the early Athens Aristocracy was the form of government were the general population had no say (and no good land) and many different rich people were always bickering over power in the Greek parliament. Aristocrats would force people into slavery to pay off debts or force