Free Speech in Ancient Greece | National Geographic Society
www.nationalgeographic.org › media › free-speechMay 12, 2017 · Their theater, literature, and educational institutions explored the human experience, freedom of expression, and questioning of authority. Like contemporary societies, however, ancient Greece did not allow complete freedom of speech. Leaders, philosophers, artists, and everyday citizens wrestled with balancing individual freedom and public order.
In ancient Greece, debate played a significant role in ...
Greece was a fledgling Direct Democracy (demos=people, Kratos=power) not a Representative Democracy and it had a system where any male citizen 18 years or over could speak (at least in theory) and vote in the assembly, Usually with a …