The Athenian assembly was an unwieldy body, ill adapted to the needs of war.
Nonetheless, the Athenian Assembly passed a decree denying the demand.
Now the older man tries to help the youth with his questions before Alcibiades presents himself in front of the Athenian assembly.
This proposal, however, was rejected by the Athenian assembly at the urging of Cleophon.
The Athenian assembly in fury illegally condemned to death en masse the whole eight generals.
This was extremely important for the democracy, as it gave disparate and sometimes superficially unattractive views a chance to be heard in the Athenian assembly.
Further, people thought that Phocion was the most honest member of the Athenian Assembly.
The Athenian assembly wavered; an order for mass execution was issued on the first day of debate but countermanded on the next.
The hill of the Pnyx, where the Athenian Assembly met, lay at the western end of the city.
The inscription begins with a statement that the contents are a resolution of the Athenian assembly, proposed by Themistocles.