Democracy
Alecos Papadatos & Abraham Kawa & Annie Di Donna
GN P197d
GN P197d
Democracy opens in 490 B.C., with Athens at
war. The hero of the story, Leander, is trying to rouse his comrades for the
morrow’s battle against a far mightier enemy, and begins to recount his own
life, having borne direct witness to the evils of the old tyrannical regimes
and to the emergence of a new political system. The tale that emerges is one of
daring, danger, and big ideas, of the death of the gods and the tortuous birth
of democracy. We see that democracy originated through a combination of chance
and historical contingency--but also through the cunning, courage, and willful
action of a group of remarkably talented and driven individuals.
(from publisher)
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