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
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 Philip Van Ness Myers
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 William Stearns Davis
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 Philip Van Ness Myers
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