Clisthenes
Britishnoun
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OSTRACISM.—But of all the innovations or institutions of Clisthenes, that known as ostracism was the most characteristic.
From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness
Relate how you were sent on a solemn mission with Androcles and Clisthenes.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes
The last of this dynasty was Clis'thenes, whose daughter became the mother of the Athenian Clisthenes, the founder of democracy at Athens on the expulsion of the Pisistrat'idæ.
From Mosaics of Grecian History by Willson, Marcius
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 Smith, William, Sir
Is this the rascal of whom Clisthenes told us?
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes
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