Clisthenes
Britishnoun
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Might you then have had dealings with Clisthenes?
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes
The reforms of Clisthenes gave birth to the Athenian democracy.
From Mosaics of Grecian History by Willson, Marcius
The tombs of the worthies of old, stretching out along the Sacred Way to Eleusis, where Solon, Clisthenes, Miltiades, and many another bulwark of Athens slept, had the last votive wreath hung lovingly upon them.
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
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
This made such a radical change in the constitution in the interest of the masses, that Clisthenes rather than Solon is regarded by many as the real founder of the Athenian democracy.
From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness
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