How the Greek Invented the Modern World

Draco, Solon, Cleisthenes, Pericles, and the birth of democracy

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When we use the term Athenian democracy, we must be careful not to compare it to the modern-day liberal democracies we are accustomed to. For one, universal suffrage, where being of legal age is the only condition for exercising one’s right to vote, is a recent achievement. It would never…