[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915) › v1.c5.10 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.10 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.10 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.10) The \*dēmos\* of Athens was a complex and contradictory body. It was capable of great wisdom and great folly, of great generosity and great cruelty. It was the \*dēmos\* that made Athens the greatest city in Greece, and it was the \*dēmos\* that brought about its downfall. - [Previous: v1.c5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.9) - [Next: v1.c5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.11) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.10) · Pramāṇa