- Hippias was a tyrant (someone who simply seizes power) who ruled from 527- 510 BCE
- His brother was murdered, and his rule became very harsh- he eventually was expelled from Athens. This was called being ostracized.
- In revenge, he began working with the Persian king parous the first, helping them to invade marathon. This act was called an exaggeration.
- With Hippias gone, is agoras and Cleisthenes both were aristocrats, engaged in rule
- Isagorias comes out on top- he becomes archon eponymous. He expels Hippias
- Everybody revolted against this because they thought that the wrong ruler had been chosen, so they decided to all complain so that they could re vote for the right one.
- They trap isagoris on the acropolis for two days, on the third he fled and banished
- Everybody saw some value of tapping into the talents ns energies and intelligence of the non- aristocrat people, sort of like all the middle-class people now a days
- Too bad they didn’t realize the value of women
- Citizens would participate, but only one fifth of the people living in Athens were actually citizens, the free adult males that were property owners and born in Athens
- *direct democracy*- this is when the people can vote for their rules and laws given
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