CLA232H1 Lecture : Constitution of the Athenians
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This reduced the poor"s resentment of the rich. Although all athenians were supposedly autochthonous, some were more noble , everyone was elite by thysis but some were more elite by birth or economically. Not everyone was happy with solon"s seisachtheia (the rich lost money and the. Power came from ability to talk in front of assembly. Political inequality was impossible without economic equality poor think they didn"t lose enough) Aristophanes" assembly women"- there was communism of wealth, politics and women. If a man wanted to sleep with a pretty woman, he had to sleep with an ugly woman first. Rotation of office = every office rotates every year. There was a law that anyone could prosecute being injured (if you saw someone get attacked). This makes every citizen responsible for upholding the law and taking an active role in the political theater stasis = civil war; if you don"t have an opinion/vote, you don"t deserve civil rights.
