Compare And Contrast Ancient Greek Government

To compare and contrast these forms of government we have to separately explain each of them. We have:

MONARCHY:
The word comes from ancient Greek and it literally means "government of one".

In Ancient Greek city-states it wasn't a common thing to find a pure monarchy, but in other realities (Persian Empire for example), the monarch (the king) was a male aristocrat who held the power, often, he had counselors or other similar organs which guaranteed in a certain way that the government would not become a tyranny. But there were no elections or other kinds of voting to choose the king. The main characteristic of a monarchy is that the king rises to power by right of birth and he held the power for his entire life.

ARISTOCRACY:

It's the "government of the bests" (literally from Greek). An elite of noble people, usually considered superior to other classes, held the power. They inherited the power by right of birth (similar to monarchy) but they ruled as a privileged caste, not only one. It may happen that they became aristocrats by military merits or special awards, so they would start new dynasties.

TYRANNY: …show more content…
The sovereign figure is the tyrant, a single person who usually auto-invested himself (in ancient Greece it was always a male) and ruled upon everyone else. The tyrant (dictator) rose to power by a force action. Not always a negative figure, the tyrant was a strong figure who held the power because "no one else was enough able to", it's a way to paint how this leader was considered. The point is that he was unconstitutionally on