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EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0850 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Athenian democracy (Classical Athens) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“The Athenian Constitution reports that Assembly pay was introduced because citizens stopped attending (one obol, then two, then three), and that in its day Assembly-goers received a drachma for ordinary meetings and nine obols for the sovereign meeting, jurors three obols and councillors five.”

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