Cleisthenes
Americannoun
noun
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His appeal was successful, and Cleisthenes implemented reforms to Solon’s system of government.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The Spartans, however, set up a government of elites in Athens that did not include Cleisthenes.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Thus, under Cleisthenes, Athens became the first “real” democracy in history.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
It's a suggestion of which Cleisthenes would surely approve.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2011
The aristocracy of which we know most in ancient Greece was that of Athens prior to the reforms of Cleisthenes, but all the Greek city-states passed through a period of aristocratic or oligarchic government.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
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