This figure's namesake wiped out the rhapsodists of Argos and was advised by a man named Nebros to poison the water supply of Kirrha with hellebore in the First Sacred War.
This figure's namesake wiped out the rhapsodists of Argos and was advised by a man named Nebros to poison the water supply of Kirrha with hellebore in the First Sacred War. This man's birth resulted from a competition, which saw the horrible dancing skills of Hippocleides prevent him from winning the hand of this man's mother, Agariste of Sicyon. He formed a triple alliance with Cleomones I and Isagoras to overthrow Hippias though he would be exiled because of his Alcmaeonid heritage. This son of Megacles created the position of prytaneis to rule over the ekklesia, reorganized his city into 139 demes and increased the size of the boule from 400 to 500. Credited with introducing the practice of ostracism, for 10 points, name this Greek lawmaker, who is often referred to as the fathter of Athenian Democracy.
This figure's namesake wiped out the rhapsodists of Argos and was advised by a man named Nebros to poison the water supply of Kirrha with hellebore in the First Sacred War.
Cleisthenes