The Origins of "Demokratia"

Democracy

“…We need not subscribe to Perikles' Funeral Oration to find the polity he led and the political system he helped realize worthy of close study. by name is called a democracy'') and the Old Oligarch use the word frequently; their contemporaries allude to it (Sealey 1974;Farrar 1988). 11) that offer rich fodder for critical minds (Samons 2004).…”

Democracy’s Conceptual Politics

“…The word that is used is democracy, and that word does have a specific history; it does come from somewhere. Democracy is traced back to the ancient Greek word dēmokratia, which conveys that the people (dēmos) rule; they hold and exercised power (kratos) (Sealey 1973). Regardless of how historically accurate this close association might be, it was the experience of those city-states that long dominated how democracy was thought about.…”

Depicting Democracy: An Exploration of Art and Text in the Law of Eukrates

“…10 However, all of these suggestions are driven by the supposition that it is impossible to account for the relief under the financing arrangements laid out in the cost formulae. On the unusual activity of the II 2 130.18 and IG II 2 1187.27 (cited by Loomis (1998) nomothetai in this year, see Sealey (1958). The variables are such that it would seem possible to make provision for the inclusion of a relief within the strictures of a 20-drachma price limit."…”

“…compare his Theseus to the one by Parrhasios, saying that 38 For discussion of the image of Demokratia, see Parrhasios' had fed on roses, but his own on beef: see Oliver (1960) 164-6;Raubitschek (1962); Sealey (1973); Pliny 35.129; Plutarch, De Glor. Athen.…”