Write a formal essay on ONE of the following topics. You should develop a clear argument in response to the full question and defend your argument with evidence from at least two primary sources and the textbook. The essay should be approximately 1,000 words.
People in the modern West tend to idealize democracy; still, this form of government is far from perfect. According to some of the writers we have examined in this course (e.g., Thucydides, Plato, Aristophanes) what were the major flaws of Athenian democracy?