the town's "exclusive patrician aristocracy" and called upon "the good citizens of Athens" to overthrow the regnant "corrupt political ring" and "take over the reins of power that are justly theirs." Yet, thus used, the "ring" seemed to refer to the modicum of electoral influence wielded by Catholics and Jews. One of the main problems restoration of so-called popular control was designed to solve, moreover, was "the Semitic influence in Athens"—in particular, the "unfortunate" fact that three Jews sat on the Board of Education.
