- a variation of Cleisthenes.
Clisthenes
Britishnoun
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The institutions of Clisthenes had given her citizens a personal interest in the welfare and the grandeur of their country, and a spirit of the warmest patriotism rapidly sprung up among them.
From Mosaics of Grecian History by Willson, Marcius
But as you are here, watch him well, while I go with Clisthenes to the Prytanes and denounce him for his crimes.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes
Help us to look, Clisthenes; we shall thus owe you double thanks, dear friend.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes
Clisthenes, Alcm�on and Eurolicus commanded the forces of the Amphictions, and were contemporary to Phidon.
From The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great by Newton, Isaac, Sir
For Leocides the son of Phidon, and Megacles the son of Alcm�on, at one and the same time, courted Agarista the daughter of Clisthenes.
From The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great by Newton, Isaac, Sir
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