In traditional shock cases, this is generally the relieving of pain from injuries or the stopping of blood loss. In an acute stress reaction, this may be pulling a rescuer away from the emergency to calm down, or blocking the sight of an injured friend from a patient.
With this system, Pericles succeeded in keeping the courts full of jurors (Ath. Pol. 27.3), and in giving the people experience in public life. As Athens' ruler, he made the city the first and most important polis of the Greek world, acquiring a resplendent culture and democratic institutions.
*Draco - created a new set of laws for the Athens (very harsh - too strict) *Solon - created laws that were much less harsh (all free men living in Athens became citizens) *Peisistratus - He became the ruler (he help the power through use of force...armies)