The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes¶
Hansen, M. H. (1991). The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes: Structure, Principles and Ideology. Blackwell.
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- Random Assignment Lottery
- This is the logic of sortition — selection by lot, used in classical Athens precisely to keep offices out of the reach of wealth and faction.
This sourceDescribes classical Athenian sortition as selection by lot designed to keep public offices broadly accessible rather than controlled by wealth or faction.
- This is the logic of sortition — selection by lot, used in classical Athens precisely to keep offices out of the reach of wealth and faction.
- Sortition or Lottery Rotation
- Rather than let parties nominate delegates — which would reproduce the very factional fight the assembly is meant to sidestep — its members are chosen by sortition, the method by which ancient Athens allotted many public offices using the kleroterion, its randomizing allotment machine.
This sourceDocuments ancient Athenian selection of many public officials by lot using allotment machines known as kleroteria.
- Rather than let parties nominate delegates — which would reproduce the very factional fight the assembly is meant to sidestep — its members are chosen by sortition, the method by which ancient Athens allotted many public offices using the kleroterion, its randomizing allotment machine.
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