transformation of government
- During the seventh and sixth centuries BCE, aristrocrats ran the show in most of Greece. Rich people held much more influence in society, and held much more governmental power, than the middle class or the poor.
Aristocracy
- Aristocracy is rule by aristocrats
an exclusive club
- no women (except the “entertanment”)
- no middle class
- no slave
- sometimes, even certain aristocrats (who didn’t have the right connections or who fell out of favor) were excluded
Tyrants seize control
- sometimes aristocrats would form alliances with hoplites (well-armed soldiers), and set up an alternative form of gov’t called a tyranny
- tyrant: someone who rules outside the framework of the polis
Hippias
- Hippias was a tyrant who ruled from 527 to 510 BCE
- his brother was murdered, and his rule became harsh
- eventually he was expelled from Athens (this is called being ostracized)
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