Athenian Democracy guiding questions

Document D: professor Hansen

Who wrote this document? What are the strengths and weaknesses of this document as a source about Athens's political system?

Professor Mogens Herman Hansen wrote this document. The stenghts of this document as a source to Athens's political system is that it describes why the political system ir Anthens could not be considered as a democracy, but as a oligarchy. The weakness is that the definition of democracy nowadays is different than the one of ancient Anthens.