They called this social body simply "demos," the people, and they called their way of life "demokratia," but it was nothing like our modern democracy, because Athenians were not born to be individuals living for themselves.
Denominaban a este órgano “demos”, la gente, y a su modo de vida lo llamaban δημοκρατία, dēmokratía, pero no era, en absoluto, como la democracia moderna porque los atenienses no nacieron para ser individuos que viven para ellos mismos.