Talk:Ecclesia (ancient Greece)

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Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 31 January 2021 and 6 May 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): GeorgeMandelYale.

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Merge[edit]

I propose merging the article "Athenian Assembly" with this one, because "Ecclesia" is the accurate term, referring specifically to the Athenian popular assembly during the Democracy. Cplakidas 20:14, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Everyone who agrees to this proposal, edit your username undernath the line

Alphonse383Cplakidas —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alphonse383 (talk • contribs) 00:36, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Dimadick 10:29, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Blakeud (talk) 16:19, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
brian997 10:59, 18 January 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.113.111.210 (talk) [reply]
Erik the Red 2 (talk) 23:38, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Recruitment of the members of the Boule[edit]

As far as I do understand the Boule was NOT chosen by the ecclesia but out of the body of the citizins from the 139 demes older than 30 years and volunteering for this council. Someone with English as his mother tongue should change this on the main textpage.

Peter Nugter (pnugter@xs4all.nl) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.208.5.22 (talk) 12:54, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

An article for ekklesia in general, use the spelling "ekklesia"?[edit]

The problem is that there is no article on the ekklesia in general, but only this article on the Athenian ekklesia in specific. What I propose is that we move this article to Ekklesia, briefly describe the concept in general (i.e. mention that it was the popular assembly in ancient Greek poleis) and dedicate a very extensive subsection on the Athenian ekklesia. The Athenian ekklesia is the most famous after all, and the one on which we have the most information available. Another section can describe the variety in the practices of the ekklesia in other poleis. I don't expect the article would be excessively long, so we can treat both subjects in one article. What do my fellow editors think about this?

Another issue here is the spelling of the word. The sole reference to Sinclair in this article – which was there before I started changing this article today – suggests that Sinclair also mentions the spelling with the "c" as an alternative, but in fact he uses the spelling with a "k" almost exclusively. This makes sense because it's a Greek word and concept, in which the "k" is best used in transliterations to Latin rather than the "c". Of course we should keep the mention of the "c" spelling in the first sentence as an alternative. So, shall we change (move) the article title to a spelling using the "k"? --AlexanderVanLoon (talk) 11:06, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds sensible. ps: You obviously know what you're talking about, so just do as you see fit. -- 95.116.183.213 (talk) 04:00, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment[edit]

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Ecclesia (ancient Greece)/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

It needs much more expansion.--Yannismarou 13:31, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 13:31, 9 October 2006 (UTC). Substituted at 14:02, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Ecclesia (Athens)[edit]

A page Ecclesia (Athens) should be created on the model of Ecclesia (Sparta) and this page become a generic page about ecclesia in ancient Greece. T8612 (talk) 15:11, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: History of Ancient Greece[edit]

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— Assignment last updated by Johnstoncl (talk) 20:30, 20 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Greek New Testament usage?[edit]

Would it be worth adding a section on the term's usage in the Early Christian Church and its (at least etymological) connections with religious organizations since that time? Diogenes Redivivus (talk) 03:47, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]