Cleisthenes and Democracy

The Reforms of Cleisthenes - 508 BCE

Isagoras backed by Cleomenes against Cleisthenes the Alcmaionid

Cleisthenes 'takes the people into his party'

Cleomenes intervenes and is expelled from Acropolis

Cleisthenes reforms the political organization of Athens

deme affiliation replaces aristocratic clan allegiance

ten tribes replace the traditional four

- composed of demes from different areas of Attica

- trittyes of coast, plains, and city

Boule (Council) of 500 - prytanies of 50 from each tribe

Ecclesia of all the citizens

Heliaia – the people's courts

Graphe Paranomon and Eisangelia

Sparta and Athenian politics

Ostracism in Athens

Athens and Persia

King Cleomenes in Conflict with King Demaratus

• Athens and Isagoras – Boeotia, Euboea, and Eleusis
• Aegina Crisis – 491
• Cleomenes at Argos – Battle of Sepeia
• Tales about Demaratus

The Expulsion of Demaratus and Rise of King Leotychides

The Fall of Leotychides and Cleomenes