- a variation of Cleisthenes.
Clisthenes
Britishnoun
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Clisthenes was at first compelled to retire from Athens; but the people rose in arms against Cleomenes, expelled the Lacedaemonians, who had taken possession of the city, and recalled Clisthenes.
From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Sir William Smith
In order to make his cause popular, Clisthenes planned, and succeeded in executing, a change in the Constitution of Solon, which gave to the people a greater share in the government.
From Mosaics of Grecian History by Marcius Willson
Clisthenes, founder of democracy at Athens; reforms of.
From Mosaics of Grecian History by Marcius Willson
Might you then have had dealings with Clisthenes?
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes
The third archon bore the title of THE POLEMARCH, or Commander-in-chief and was, down to the time of Clisthenes, the commander of the troops.
From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Sir William Smith
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