He banished his opponents and established a system of direct democracy where the citizens met in assembly and made decisions.
Direct Democracy
In the individual participation in the democracy
who told pericles to do democracy
The funeral oration was important to them because it not only honored their dead (as was tradition) but he praised democracy, praised Athens, and encouraged the Athenians to fight bravely for their city.
The funeral oration was important to them because it not only honored their dead (as was tradition) but he praised democracy, praised Athens, and encouraged the Athenians to fight bravely for their city.
Pericles changed the Athenian society by proposing a new type of government to take effect. He wanted to start a democracy where all male Athenians could be involved with governmental decisions.
Pericles encouraged Athenians to take responsibility in government by promoting the idea of active citizenship and participation in the democratic process. He emphasized that all citizens should engage in public affairs, asserting that it was their duty to contribute to the decision-making that affected their lives. By introducing reforms that expanded the system of democracy and by fostering a culture of debate and public discourse, he inspired Athenians to view civic involvement as both a privilege and a responsibility. Pericles’ famous oratory and policies reinforced the notion that a vibrant democracy relied on the active participation of its citizens.
Pericles was the lead of Athens.
He killed himself
Pericles was not a democracy. Pericles was a statesman in Athens and was considered today as a general. Pericles did not make Democracy. The people of Greece did.
pericles was not known at the father of athenian democracy cleisteins is consideres to be father of sthenian democracy
He said they were unfit to be citizens.