It was necessary for the leaders of a city to compel the citizens to have unwavering loyalty because it resulted in the citizens performing their duties for the preservation of the city. The Athenians set up a system of government in the late 6th century that granted the citizens the privilege of participating in the government; being a part of the governing system drove the citizens to do whatever was best for Athens. Before Cleisthenes had introduced the concept of democracy, the citizen’s focus was on his own family, “Recognizing the danger to the state posed by family rivalries, Cleisthenes carried in the assembly a package of far-reaching reforms intended to break the power of rich families” (Pomeroy, 133). No longer would the working
