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Demos — OCR GCSE Ancient History Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE History · key term

Demos

Definition

The citizen body or ordinary citizens of an ancient Greek community.

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OCR GCSE Ancient History · J198

Paper 1

Cleisthenes supported a broader role for the demos, the citizen body.
Revise: Cleisthenes’ Rise and the Reforms of Athenian Democracy
The Athenian citizen body, or, in some political arguments, the ordinary people contrasted with the wealthy elite.
Revise: Plutarch and Aristotle

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