Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (Dec 2010)
The Concepts of <i>Demos</i>, <i>Ekklesia</i>, and <i>Dikasterion</i> in Classical Athens
Abstract
The evidence of the orators shows that Athenians did not conceive of the people's court as a subdivision of the sovereign demos, and that in the fourth century they regarded the dikasterion rather than the demos askyrion panton.
