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Ce texte est fondamental pour comprendre ce qu'a ete cette prodigieuse invention: la democratie athenienne. Une premiere partie historique retrace l'evolution d'Athenes, depuis les origines jusqu'au debut du IVe siecle, et montre comment le demos, le petit peuple, est parvenu a decider souverainement des affaires communes, tandis que la seconde partie decrit les institutions de la cite, les conditions d'acces a la citoyennete et l'organisation des tribunaux populaires.