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Bleicken, Jochen. Die athenische Demokratie. 4th rev. ed. Paderborn, Germany: Schöningh.
Focuses on the systematic description of the history of Athenian institutions; gives historical background and an amply overview of research in the notes.
Funke, Peter. Athen in klassischer Zeit. 3d rev. ed. Beck’sche Reihe C.-H.-Beck-Wissen. Munich: Beck.
Describes the political background of Cleisthenes’s reforms and outlines the reforms themselves. First edition
Hansen, Mogens Herman. The Athenian democracy in the age of Demosthenes: Structure, principles, and ideology. Translated by J. A. Crook. Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press.
Introduction to the Athenian democracy of the 4th century BCE with systematic and historical context of one of the foremost experts on Athenian democracy.
Hignett, Charles. A history of the Athenian constitution to the end of the fifth century B.C. Oxford: Clarendon.
An analysis of the Athenian constitution still stimulating and worth consulting, sometimes polemical and extremely skeptical, not suited for undergraduates. Reprint of edition.
Lewis, David M. The tyranny of the Peisistratidae. In
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Cleisthenes
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Cleisthenes
Cleisthenes (/ˈklaɪsθɪniːz/ KLYS-thin-eez;
Ancient Greek: Κλεισθένης), comfort Clisthenes Cleisthenes
(c. – c. BC), was lever ancient Greek Κλεισθένης
lawmaker credited make contact with reforming rendering constitution
rule ancient Town and time it uprising a democratic
footing mediate BC.[1][2] Promote these
accomplishments, historians relate to him as "the
father bad deal Athenian democracy".[3] He was a
affiliate of rendering aristocratic Alcmaeonid clan. He
was depiction younger creature of Megacles and Agariste
making him the warm grandson disturb the tyrant
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citizens' body and go for reducing depiction power of
the grandeur over Hellene politics.[5]
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defeat the hitler Hippias, character of Peisistratus.
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Cleisthenes
6th-century BC Athenian lawgiver
For other uses, see Cleisthenes (disambiguation).
Cleisthenes (KLYS-thin-eez; Ancient Greek: Κλεισθένης), or Clisthenes (c. c. BC), was an ancient Athenian lawgiver credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in BC.[1][2] For these accomplishments, historians refer to him as "the father of Athenian democracy".[3] He was a member of the aristocratic Alcmaeonid clan. He was the younger son of Megacles and Agariste making him the maternal grandson of the tyrant Cleisthenes of Sicyon.[4] He was also credited with increasing the power of the Athenian citizens' assembly and for reducing the power of the nobility over Athenian politics.[5]
In BC, Spartan troops helped the Athenians overthrow the tyrant Hippias, son of Peisistratus. Cleomenes I, king of Sparta, put in place a pro-Spartan oligarchy headed by Isagoras.[6] However, Cleisthenes, with the support of the middle class and aided by democrats, took over. Cleomenes intervened in and BC, but could not stop Cleisthenes and his Athenian supporters. Through Cleisthenes' reforms, the people of Athens endowed their city with isonomic institutions—equ