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. The smaller trittyes had less citizens in them and the larger ones had more, though there are exceptions. Individuals in the trittys 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 trittys). Therefore, there was the possibility for there to be less citizens than a separate area but more residents in general compared to other areas. Function There were two main functions for the trittyes. 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). The second reason is for more of a political organization necessity. The trittys 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 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. Example Organization of Trittys This chart represents the original ten Phylai. This is included to show the distribution of city and coastal trittys in the original ten phylai. See also Phyle, Deme, Ancient Attica, Ancient Greece, Cleisthenes Footnotes Society of ancient Greece Ancient Attica 6th-century BC establishments References Aristotle (1892). The Constitution of the Athenians. Translated by Poste, Edward. Macmillan Martin, Thomas R (1996). Ancient Greece From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times. Yale University Paga, Jessica. “DEME THEATERS IN ATTICA AND THE TRITTYS SYSTEM.” Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, vol. 79, no. 3,