Elite is not power, but skill. Expectations of today's elite. Concise and educational. For all who want to know what should be remembered and preserved from the ancient Greeks. And especially for all non-democrats! In fifth-century BC Athens, democracy was invented. Even today, the power structures we have democratically agreed upon are not so different from those during the lifetimes of Solon, Cleisthenes, and Pericles. Then as now, an elite determined the fate of its citizens and brought prosperity and justice. The difference is that in ancient times, the elite did not reflect the power structures but were chosen by the citizens based on their abilities. It is high time to remember this legacy, warns Albert Stähli in the first volume of his new trilogy.