Liturgies could consist of, for instance, the maintenance of a trireme, a chorus during a theatre festival, or a gymnasium. In some cases, the prestige of the undertaking attracted volunteers (analogous in modern terminology to endowment, sponsorship, or donation). Such was the case for the choragus, who organized and financed choruses for a drama festival. In other instances, like the burden of outfitting and commanding a trireme, the liturgy functioned more like a mandatory donation (what we would today call a one-time tax), with the prestige of such a position and other elites’ social pressure reducing noncompliance.
Not very capitalism of you to be so eager to punish success
Nono, you see i am rewarding these leeches with the ability to gain glory and prestige by giving away their excess wealth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_ancient_Greece#Taxation