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city citizens to attend than coastal citizens, all of the areas have some degree of representation (it is important to note that only male citizens were counted for representative purposes). This method of representation also prevented the nobles of the area to control any election results via bribes and other forms of influence, and led to a representation by population of the citizens in their respective areas.
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was made up of people from all the three designated areas - the city, the coast and the inland areas. With this method of spreading out the population, the representation of a group is not limited to just those who live in the same area. So, when there are meetings in the city and it is easier for
315:), with others not having much more. The amount of representation for each group does not appear to change drastically over time. Consistently, the city areas tended to have the least amount of representation, and the coastal areas had slightly more than the inland sections.
234:. The goal of this new organization was to spread out the areas, make the representation more equal and help them be distributed more evenly. The way that this distribution allowed a more equal spread of representation was that each tribe was composed of their respective
226:) were organized. He changed the original four tribes (that were based on family relations) into ten tribes, and formed them in order to represent the male general population as much as possible. This resulted in the formation of each of the 139
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342:. The first function is that of military organization - grouping areas in order to pull troops from - so that one type of area is not out of all their able bodied men in times of war (more spread out among groups).
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General location, suggested from slight literary evidence and the findspot of the grave marker I.G., II2, 6756 and the reference in I.G., II2, 1672, line 195; cf. R.E., s.v. Lusia; Judeich, Topographie2, p. 174
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were formed as a way to have fair representation of all the peoples, whereas before the areas were not spread out as evenly or with as much emphasis on equal representation as with these reforms of
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Deme-site (cf. Karten von Attika, Text, VII- VIII, p. 23), possible location for
Kothokidai, the general location of which is suggested by the findspot (Goritsa) of the gravestone I.G., II2, 6481.
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Deme-site (cf. Philippson, Griech. Landschaften, I, part 3, p. 861, note 123), suitable for Oe, the general location of which is suggested by
Sophocles (Oedipus at Kolonos, 1059ff.).
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General location, suggested from slight literary evidence and the findspot of the grave marker I.G., II2, 7219; cf. R.E., s.v. Perithoidai; Karten von Attika, Text, II, p. 1
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Traill, John S (19755). The
Political Organization of Attics; a study of the Demes, Trittyes and Phylai, and their representation in the Athenian Council.
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General location, determined from patent ety- mology of the name and the findspot (Dipylon) of the deme-decree I.G., II2, 1205; cf. R.E., s.v. Epikephisia
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consisted of resident alien, slaves and citizens (men aged 18 introduced to their respective deme by their father, thus making them a citizen of the
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Location known with certainty from
Pausanias (I, 37, 2); cf. Karten von Attika, Text, II, p. 16; R.E., s.v. Lakiad
192:(before Cleisthenes, there were only four tribes organized by royal families) named after local heroes in Attica.
200:; demes were the basic unit of division in Attica, which were the smaller units of population that made up the
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This chart represents the original ten Phylai. This is included to show the distribution of city and coastal
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Little evidence for location; trittys assignment very tentative; cf. R.E., Suppl. X, s.v. Hippoto- madai
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had less citizens in them and the larger ones had more, though there are exceptions. Individuals in the
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Martin, Thomas R (1996). Ancient Greece From
Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times. Yale University
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Little evidence for location; trittys assignment tentative; cf. R.E., Suppl. X, s.v. Tyrmeid
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311:), to some areas having only nine representatives/councilors (such as the city section of
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ranged from some areas having twenty-seven representatives (such as
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THE BOULEUTIC ORGANIZATION OF THE ORIGINAL TEN PHYLAI
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164:; τριττύς
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285:trittyes
262:trittys/
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186:trittyes
124:trittúes
121:τριττύες
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439:Lousia
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269:trittys
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