Why was athenian democracy "direct and in your face"?

Greek democracy created at Athens was direct, rather than representative: any adult male citizen over the age of 20 could take part, and it was a duty to do so. The officials of the democracy were in part elected by the Assembly and in large part chosen by lottery in a process called sortition

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during the middle ages bibles and most christian literature was written in latin i think that’s the answer you are looking for