Many cities in the United States allow all of their citizens to vote on laws. APEX
Tyranny.
Athens ruled the Delian League.
Greece refers to a wide variety of city-states each with their own governments. Also, it depends on what time in history, for example: Athens was first a monarchy, then an aristocracy, then a tyranny, and finally a democracy. But, Sparta was ruled by an oligarchy and there are other city-states that we do not know what their governments were.
Because they are ruled by governments that can be voted out.
The assembly of the people for most of the time, and for shorter periods a broadly-based oligarchy eg 'the 5,000'.
Plato was a philosophical scholar from democratically-ruled Athens, a part of Ancient Greece.
Many cities in the United States allow all of their citizens to vote on laws. APEX
Sparta was ruled by only a few of its men, but Athens was ruled by all of its male citizens.
Athens ruled the Delian League.
ATHENS
Pericles ruled Athens in 460 b.c when Athens and Sparta were the most powerful city-states
Olympia was a site, and therefore not ruled by anyone. People are ruled. Olympia was in the territory of the city of Elis.
pericles
The Spartan council did not rule Athens.
In ancient times, Athens was ruled by a variety of leaders at different periods of its history. Monarch-types and small groups of wealthy or otherwise influential persons sometimes ruled, usually with tremendous power held solely in their hands. During most of its Classical Period, however, Athens was governed as a democracy, with elected leaders holding office for specified times and accountable to the citizen body for their actions.
Greece refers to a wide variety of city-states each with their own governments. Also, it depends on what time in history, for example: Athens was first a monarchy, then an aristocracy, then a tyranny, and finally a democracy. But, Sparta was ruled by an oligarchy and there are other city-states that we do not know what their governments were.
Direct democracy
Athens