Cleisthenes

Historical Examples of cleisthenes

• It was Cleisthenes who made Attica a democratic state; and thus it came about.

  Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15)

  Charles Morris

• It was also with Cleisthenes that the measure known as Ostracism originated.

  Greece

  J.A. McClymont

• The historical demes were organised by Cleisthenes, on a local basis.

  Social Origins and Primal Law

  Andrew Lang

• The privileges of the Areopagus were Cleisthenes, Ephialtes.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5

  Various

• The act of Cleisthenes seems to us a very drastic proceeding.

  Ancient Art and Ritual

  Jane Ellen Harrison