Thursday, March 19, 2015

March 19

Cleisthenes and Isagoras (508 BCE)

  • when Hippias left, Isagoras and Cleisthenes (both aristocrats) engaged in a power struggle 
  • Isagoras had support from aristocrats and Sparta 
  • Cleisthenes had support from most of Athens 
  • Isagoras became tyrant 
  • he ostracizes Cleisthenes 
  • Cleisthenes's supporters and Athenian citizens revolted against Isagoras's tyranny
  • they trapped Isagoras on the acropolis for two days- on the third day he fled and was banished 
Cleisthenes and Democracy 
  • Cleisthenes was a member of the elite 
  • very rich
  • insulated from the "hoi polloi"
  • a crafty politician 

And we started to watch the video that we will watch when Mr. Schick is away. 

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