CLA232H1 Lecture Notes - Anger, Rhetorical Criticism, Isocrates
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Hoi polloi and the oligoi in democratic athens. Elite at the mercy of the masses; masses manipulated by the elite: elite had to balance/ bow-down to the masses to get what they wanted, wealthy people couldn"t show their wealth, so they looked all equal. Pools of 6000 jurors, 3 obols/day (not bad pay, but not great- its livable): pension of sorts: why work there, when you can make more money elsewhere, pension for those who cant work as much (ex. A young man in a factory-making big3271 vs. Present themselves as sad or poor, or to say we are all elite and one, and this person is victimizing me and therefore victimizing all of us . Used all the time: financial risk to bring up a case, and if you accused wrong, it was very expensive, if guilty, the jurors would vote on a penalty.
