11. This was the method used in the Roman Senate, and occasionally in Athenian democracy . 12. In " The Birds ", he held up Athenian democracy to ridicule. 13. By far the most significant and well-understood example is Athenian democracy in Athens. 14. Kresilas created a kind of symbol of the Athenian democracy with this image of Pericles. 15. Pusey wrote his doctoral dissertation on Athenian democracy and adamantly opposed violence as a political tool. 16. Athenian democracy was briefly overthrown by the democracy was restored by Thrasybulus and an amnesty declared.17. He described Cuba as " an Athenian democracy but without plebeians and without slaves ." 18. The use of a lot system, a characteristic of Athenian democracy , is unique to direct democracies. 19. Such measures impelled Pericles'critics to hold him responsible for the gradual degeneration of the Athenian democracy . 20. To avoid this, Athenian democracy applied itself to the task of helping the poorest in this manner: