Sources, ancient

The Constitution of the Athenians (Athenanion Politeia)
Aristotle
Rediscovered, 1880. Difficult to date, ca. 350BCE.
Kenyon translation.

The Supplicants
Aeschylus
Brief passage on a public meeting at 605: "For the air bristled with right hands held aloft as, in full vote, they ratified this resolution into law..."

Pausanias

Sources, web

DEMOS - Classical Athenian Democracy - Describes itself as a "digital encyclopedia of classical Athenian democracy." Collection of articles. (Up 2/4/10)

Association of Friends of the Acropolis - supports archeology, publishes a series of guides. (Up 1/28/10)

Thanks and acknowledgements:

Prof. Richard Graff, Department of Writing Studies, University of Minnesota.

Prof. Christopher Johnstone, Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State U.

Prof. Theofanis Stavrou, Department of History, University of Minnesota.

The students on my Greek trips who made much of this travel and photography possible by being willing to travel with me to Greece

Sources, modern

bk

Hills of Philoppappos - Pnyx - Nymphs:

Brief History and Tour. Series: Archaeological promenades around the Acropolis. (2004, The Association of Friends of the Acropolis)

Detailed description and photos of the Pnyx and associated sites. Includes minor sites.
bk
Trials from Classical Athens
Christopher Carey
(Routledge, 1997)
Speeches from trials and brief descriptions of them. Great insight into the issues in daily life and to those arguments that they thought would be effective.
bk
The Athenian Ecclesia
Mogens Hansen
(Museum Tusculanum, 1983 and 1989)
Two volume collection of papers written by a leading scholar on issues of the Assembly site and procedures of the Assembly.
bk
The Athenian Citizen: Democracy in the Athenian Agora
M. Lang
(American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2004)
One of their small pamphlets with a lot of information. Available online
bk
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens
Josiah Ober
(Princeton, 1989)
Careful examination from a rhetorical perspective.
Last modified 2/4/10; posted 1/31/10. Original content © 2010 John P. Nordin