Thursday, March 19, 2015

Class on 3/19/15

Today in class we continued taking notes on Ancient Greece.


Next in line
-With Hippias gone, Isogoras and Cleithenes (both aristocrats) engaged in a power stuggle
-Isogoras had support from other aristocrats and Sparta
-Cleisthenes had support from majority of Athenians

Isogoras Wins
- He ostracized Cleithenes
-Cleithenes supporters and athenian citizens revolt against Isogoras tyranny
-Trap Isogoras on acropolis for two days- on the third day he fled and was banished
-508 B.C.E. first time people rose up against government

Cleithenes and Democracy
- Cleisthenes- definitely a member of elite
-Very rich
-Insulated from the the "hoi polloi"
-A crafty politician

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