On the Characteristics of Elite Politics in Athens Democratic Political System

In ancient Athens,despite the democratic political system,those political elites were still outstandingly active.Though the means and channels for political elites to establish their authority and play an essential part in politics were idiosyncratic due to the fact of equal participation of common people,the formation and development of democratic political system was largely safeguarded and driven by the political elites in Athens,whose prosperity could not do without those elites.The political system of ancient Athens was a democracy under the auspices of the elites.