thetes
(noun)
The
lowest social class of citizens in ancient Athens.
Examples of thetes in the following topics:
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Athenian Society
- By contrast, thetes occupied the lowest social class of citizens in Athens.
- Thetes worked for wages or had less than 200 medimnoi as yearly income.
- During the reforms of Ephialtes and Pericles around 460-450 BCE, thetes were granted the right to hold public office.
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Athens
- One of his most popular reforms while in power was to allow thetes (Athenians without wealth) to occupy public office.