Question: How valid are the arguments against Athenian democracy presented by the Old Oligarch?
Answer: The Old Oligarch wrote his Constitution of the Athenians towards the end of Pericles’ career . Unlike Thucydides, he was not an active politician; and the purpose for which he composed his work remains obscure . Nothing is known about the author, but we can infer from his negative, though often admiring, comments on Athenian democracy and from his consistent use of pejorative and laudatory adjectives to describe the lower and upper classes respectively, that he was wealthy and a member of the upper classes ....(short extract)
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- Subject: History
- Course: Ancient History
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 64%
- Words: 2156
- Date submitted: August 31, 2009
- Date written: Not available
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 2051
