intervened in 508 and 506 BC, but could not stop Cleisthenes and his Athenian supporters. Through Cleisthenes' reforms, the people of Athens endowed their...

Cleisthenes can refer to: Cleisthenes, the reformer of ancient Athens. Cleisthenes of Sicyon, the ancient tyrant of Sicyon. Cleisthenes (son of Sibyrtius)...

drunkenly in front of Cleisthenes, Megacles was chosen to marry Agariste. Descendants of Cleisthenes include his grandson Cleisthenes of Athens and his great-granddaughter...

Peloponnesian League. Athenian democracy was established in 508 BC under Cleisthenes following the tyranny of Isagoras. This system remained remarkably stable...

turned against Cleisthenes and the latter was briefly exiled once more. However, the citizens called for Cleisthenes to return, as Cleisthenes achieved support...

supporters. Cleisthenes was subsequently recalled, along with hundreds of exiles, and he was elected the first archon of a democratic Athens. Cleisthenes began...

Solon (in 594 BC), Cleisthenes (in 508–07 BC), and Ephialtes (in 462 BC) contributed to the development of Athenian democracy. Cleisthenes broke up the unlimited...

Cleisthenes (/ˈklaɪsθɪniːz/ KLYSSE-thin-eez; Greek: Κλεισθένης), also Clisthenes or Kleisthenes, was a prominent Athenian delegate (theoros) during the...

in a struggle for power with Cleisthenes, a fellow aristocrat. In 508 BC he was elected archon eponymous, but Cleisthenes opposed him, with support from...

in 508 BC Cleisthenes formed a new government of Athens through a series of reforms. In strengthening the common Athenian identity Cleisthenes devised an...