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The Ancient Athenian Political Discussion, the Ecclesia: It is erected in the main
exhibition hall, and is neither walled nor roofed. Instead, it is designed to resemble the
design of an ecclesia; the ecclesia platform itself is built on the base of a quite-deeply
sunken, semi-circle shaped platform. The surrounding walls of the sunken platform
are steeply sloped, and on these slopes are built long, curved stone benches made of
solid stone blocks at regular intervals, so from the side view, the benches look like
steps, and from the top view they look like a U-shape surrounding the sunken
platform. Measurements: 20m long by 20m wide and platform is sunken to a depth of
6m.
A: Beige-coloured cobblestone textured floor.
B: The stone blocks used for stone benches seen from an aerial view.
C: Cement-made, granite textured "stone tablet" with the words"Η
συγκέντρωση των κληθέντων" which means "The Gathering of Those
Summoned" in Greek. Below the print, there is the small-print, English
translation of the words for viewers to understand what the sign means and
yet intrigued by the design.
D: Beige-coloured cobblestone textured floor sunken six metres in the ground.
E: A model of an Ancient Greek building which is actually a preparation room
for the lectures made in the room, and also to replicate the Ancient Greek
building behind an ecclesia.
F: A trained male staff member who had undergone a makeover to look like
Socrates, and dressed like an Ancient Greek man, are to take charge of the
lectures.
Information on Gold-Coloured Steel Pates
1. "The ecclesia or ekklesia (Greek: ἐκκλησία) was the principal
assembly of the democracy of ancient Athens during its "Golden Age"
(480–404 BCE). It was the popular assembly, opened to all male
citizens over the age of 18 by Solon in 594 BC meaning that all classes
of citizens in Athens were able to participate." (Sinclair, 1988)
2. "Athenian democracy developed in the Greek city-state of Athens,
comprising the central city-state of Athens and the surrounding territory
of Attica, around 508 BC. Athens was one of the first known
democracies. Other Greek cities set up democracies, and even though
most followed an Athenian model, none were as powerful, stable, or as
well-documented as that of Athens. It remains a unique and intriguing
experiment in direct democracy where the people do not elect
representatives to vote on their behalf but vote on legislation and
executive bills in their own right. Participation was by no means open,
but the in-group of participants was constituted with no reference to
economic class and they participated on a scale that was truly
phenomenal. The public opinion of voters was remarkably influenced
by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the
theatres."(Raaflaub,2007)
Citations
Raaflaub, K.A. (Ed.). (2007). Origins of democracy in
ancient greece. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Sinclair, R.K. (Ed.). (1988). Democracy and participation in
athens.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Corrobations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesia_(ancient_Athens)#cite_ref-0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_democracy