The first known democracy came about in Greece about 500 BC when Cleisthenes overthrew Peisistratus. Which of these types of democratic institutions did the Greeks then live under for the next two centuries?

A. illiberal democracy

B. representative democracy

C. direct democracy

D. liberal democracy

I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is option C. It is direct democracy that the Greeks then live under for the next two centuries. Athenian democracy developed around the fifth century BC in the Greek city-state (known as a polis) of Athens, comprising the city of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica, and is the first known democracy in the world. It was a direct democracy.