Aristotle recognised that inclusion of all citizens, and freedom of speech, were not the only hallmarks of a democratic constitution, but that citizens were paid for attending the Ekklesia. ... Aristotle notes however that an individual could only hold membership twice in a lifetime and not in consecutive years. ... According to Aristotle, the jurors (dikasteria) were paid 2-3 obols a day, a democratic innovation parallel to that of the Ekklesia in which poorer citizens were allowed to participate in the governance of their city. ... Strategoi were also magistrates responsible for bringing leg...

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-Aristotle Democracy: a form of government that makes political decisions directly exercised by the whole body of citizens, under procedures of majority rule. ... Aristotle represents "tyranny in Politics as a "perversion" that serves the personal advantages of the ruler alone, or a "despotic monarchy of the political community" or a, "despotic rule conducted according to the ruler's personal judgement."" ... Aristotle proves the difference between old forms of government and the new democracy in his writing in Politics.(1279b34-80a4) "The argument seems to show that a number of the gover...

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Religion was the main priority of the games, but politics also emerged from the Olympics. ... This congregation served as a free peaceful speaking political forum, without any violence. ... " The judges were all high members of the government, so politics greatly influenced the receiver of this reward. Not only did politics influence the receiver of the reward, but politics were also defined through the reward. ... Since this event was politically driven and influenced the following four years of the individual city-states' political roads, the four-year cycle of the games became the...

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This new political independence meant that any free male citizen of Athens could achieve being one of the rulers of the city and having the fate of his community in his hands. ... The plays, which were based on legends or remote history (though given the appearance of truth), were interpreted so as to convey some religious, moral, or political meaning, according with the beliefs of the tragic poet. ... By participating vicariously in the grief, pain and fear of the tragic hero or heroine, the spectator, in Aristotle's words, experiences pity and fear and is purged. ...

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