15/03/19

with Hippias gone, Isagoras and Cleisthenes, both were aristocrats, engaged in a power struggle

Isagoras had support from some fellow aristocrats, plus from Sparta

Cleisthenes had support of the majority of Athenians

Isagoras 

• becomes archon eponymous (tyrant) in 508 B.C.
• He ostracizes Cleisthenes

Cleisthenes

• a member of the elite
• very rich
• insulated from the “hoi polloi”
• a crafty politician