Question

How are decisions made in Athens & what is an Archon?

Answer 1

Explanation:

• Greek democracy created In Athens was direct, rather than representative: any adult male citizen over the age of 20 could take part, and it was a duty to do so. The officials of the democracy were in part elected by the Assembly and in large part chosen by lottery in a process called sortition.
• Archons are, in Gnosticism and religions closely related to it, the builders of the physical universe.

Answer 2

Archon, Greek Archōn, in ancient Greece, the chief magistrate or magistrates in many city-states. The office became prominent in the Archaic period, when the kings (basileis) were being superseded by aristocrats.