One ruler with this name put on a banquet for 12 men to see who should marry his daughter - the favored contestant
One ruler with this name put on a banquet for 12 men to see who should marry his daughter - the favored contestant Hippocleideswas disqualifiÂed when he got drunk, stood on his head, and displayed his testicles to the guests. That ruler by thisname led the siege on Kirrha during the First Sacred War, as commander of the Amphictyonic League forces. He also createda tribal system which used the insulting epithets "swine-men", "pig men", and "ass-men" to describe Dorian tribes, becausehe was a member of the non-Dorian tribe of Orthagoras. In addition to that man, who was a tyrant of Sicyon around 600BC, this name was held by a man who created thirty districts called trittyes, evenly divided between the city, the coast, andthe interior. That man was the son of Megacles who is credited with introducing the idea of ostracism after he overcame theSpartan-backed candidate Isagoras to rise to power in 508 BC. For 10 points, give this name held by the man called the "fatherof Athenian democracy."
One ruler with this name put on a banquet for 12 men to see who should marry his daughter - the favored contestant
 Cleisthenes [also accept "Cleisthenes of Sicyon" since much of the question is about him]