CLA101H5 Lecture 8: CLA 101-Lecture 8 - Oct 27th.docx
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Common components that typical polis had (throughout the 8th and 9th century): assembly of adult males, aristocratic council, annually elected magistrates. Fortification wall: constructed in a very intricate design, connecting athens to the sea, allowing for prolonged sieges. Paramount basileus (king) replaced by 3 archons (c. 683 bce) aka. Law givers, split duties of king amongst themselves: Archon basileus-> judge over religious matters, presided over cults of polis. Archon polemarchos-> judge over non-citizen matters, leader of the army. Archon eponymos-> judge over the council and assembly and non- religious cases, overall supervision of public affairs. Would mark year by who was eponymous archon (the archonship of. 6 additional archons added to the mix: thesmothetai to assist with judicial affairs of the growing pop. 9 archons elected annually from aristocratic families eupatrids well-fathered ones . As pop grew, polis was able to adjust to changes and to adjust effectively (a characteristic of athenian polis was flexibility)
