Policital leadership of athens was passed to a decendant of what powerful and historically influential family?
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Ephialtes Ephialtes (Greek: Ἐφιάλτης , "Ephialtēs") was an ancient Athenian politician and an early leader of the democratic movement there. In the late 460s BC, he oversaw reforms that diminished the power of the Areopagus, a traditional bastion of conservatism, and which are considered by many modern historians to mark the beginning of the "radical democracy" for which Athens would become famous. These powers included the scrutiny and control of office holders, and the judicial functions in state trials. He introduced pay for public officeholders, reduced the property qualifications for holding a public office, and created a new definition of citizenship. Ephialtes, however, would not live to participate in this new form of government for long. In 461 BC, he was assassinated, probably at the instigation of resentful oligarchs, and the political leadership of Athens passed to his deputy, Pericles.
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Pericles Pericles ( ; Greek: Περικλῆς "Periklēs", ] in Classical Attic; c. 495 – 429 BC) was a prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during the Golden Age—specifically the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. He was descended, through his mother, from the powerful and historically influential Alcmaeonid family.
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Menoeceus In Greek mythology, Menoeceus ( ; Greek: Μενοικεύς "Menoikeús" "strength of the house" derived from "menos" "strength" and "oicos" "house") was the name of two Theban characters. They are related by genealogy, the first being the grandfather of the second.
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Attica Attica (Greek: Αττική , "Attikḗ" or "Attikī́" ; ] or ] ) is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of present-day Greece. The historical region is centered on the Attic peninsula, which projects into the Aegean Sea. The modern administrative region of Attica is more extensive than the historical region and includes the Saronic Islands, Cythera, and the municipality of Troizinia on the Peloponnesian mainland. The history of Attica is tightly linked with that of Athens, which, from the classical period, was one of the most important cities in the ancient world.
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Timon of Athens (person) Timon of Athens (Greek: Τίμων ὁ Ἀθηναῖος , "gen".: Τίμωνος) was a citizen of Athens whose reputation for misanthropy grew to legendary status. According to the historian Plutarch, Timon lived during the era of the Peloponnesian War (431 BC – 404 BC).
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Cleonymus of Sparta Cleonymus was a member of the Spartan royal family of the Agiads. He was the second son of Cleomenes II and a pretender to the Spartan throne. He did not succeed his father (died 309/308 BC), allegedly because he was violent and tyrannic. His nephew Areus I became new king instead. Hence, he nursed a grudge against his fellow Spartans.
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Aristocracy Aristocracy (Greek ἀριστοκρατία "aristokratía", from ἄριστος "" "excellent", and κράτος "" "power") is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class. The term derives from the Greek "aristokratia", meaning "rule of the best".
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Neratia (gens) The gens Neratia was a plebeian family at Rome, some of whom subsequently became patricians. The first of the gens to appear in history occur in the time of Augustus, but they did not rise to prominence until the time of Vespasian, when Marcus Neratius Pansa became the first to obtain the consulship.
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Ypsilantis The Ypsilantis (Greek: Υψηλάντης ; Romanian: "Ipsilanti" ) were a Greek Phanariote family which grew into prominence and power in Constantinople during the last centuries of Ottoman Empire and gave several short-reign "hospodars" to the Danubian Principalities. The family was originally from the southern coast of Black Sea.
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List of kings of Sparta This list of kings of Sparta details the important rulers of the Greek city-state of Sparta in the Peloponnesus. Sparta was unusual among Greek city-states in that it maintained its kingship past the Archaic age. It was even more unusual in that it had two kings simultaneously, called "Archagetai", coming from two separate lines. According to tradition, the two lines, the Agiads and Eurypontids, were respectively descended from the twins Eurysthenes and Procles, the descendants of Heracles who supposedly conquered Sparta two generations after the Trojan War. The dynasties themselves, however, were named after the twins' grandsons, the kings Agis I and Eurypon, respectively. The "Agiad" line was regarded as being senior to the "Eurypontid" line. Although there are lists of the earlier purported Kings of Sparta, there is little evidence for the existence of any kings before the middle of the 6th century BC or so. Spartan kings received a recurring posthumous hero cult like that of the Dorian kings of Cyrene. The kings' firstborns sons, as heirs apparent, were the only Spartan boys expressly exempt from the Agoge, however they were allowed to take part if they so wished, and this endowed them with increased prestige when they ascended the throne.
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Anytus Anytus ( ; Greek: Ἄνυτος  "Ánytos" ; c. 5th–4th century BCE), son of Anthemion, was an ancient Athenian politician. He served as a general in the Peloponnesian War, and was later a leading supporter of the democratic movements in Athens opposed to the oligarchic forces behind the Thirty Tyrants.
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Isagoras Isagoras (Greek: Ἰσαγόρας ), son of Tisander, was an Athenian aristocrat in the late 6th century BC.
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Boule (ancient Greece) In cities of ancient Greece, the boule (Greek: βουλή , "boulē"; plural βουλαί, "boulai") was a council of 400–500 citizens (βουλευταί, "bouleutai") appointed to run daily affairs of the city. Originally a council of nobles advising a king, "boulai" evolved according to the constitution of the city; in oligarchies "boule" positions might be hereditary, while in democracies members were typically chosen by lot, and served for one year. Little is known about the workings of many "boulai", except in the case of Athens, for which extensive material has survived.
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Aletes, son of Hippotes Aletes (Ancient Greek: Ἀλήτης ) was a son of Hippotes, of Dorian ancestry, and a fifth-generation descendant of Heracles. He is said to have defeated in battle the Corinthians, taken possession of Corinth, and to have expelled the Sisyphids thirty years after the first invasion of the Peloponnesus by the Heraclids. His family, sometimes called the "Aletidae", maintained themselves at Corinth down to the time of Bacchis (that is, late 10th century BC). Velleius Paterculus calls him a descendant of Heracles, but of the sixth generation. He received an oracle, promising him the sovereignty of Athens if during the war, which was then going on, its king should remain uninjured. This oracle became known at Athens, and the Athenian king Codrus sacrificed himself to preserve the city.
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Athenais (great-granddaughter of Herodes Atticus) Athenais was a Roman noblewoman of Greek Athenian and Italian Roman descent. Athenais lived between the second half of the 2nd century and first half of the 3rd century in the Roman Empire.
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List of Seleucid rulers The Seleucid dynasty or the Seleucidae (from Greek: Σελευκίδαι , "Seleukídai ") was a Greek Macedonian royal family, founded by Seleucus I Nicator ("the Victor"), which ruled the Seleucid Empire centered in the Near East and regions of the Asian part of the earlier Achaemenid Persian Empire during the Hellenistic period.
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Cestia (gens) The gens Cestia was a plebeian family at Rome during the later Republic, and in imperial times. The first member of the "gens" to obtain the consulship was Gaius Cestius Gallus in AD 35. The family's name is commemorated on two monuments, the "Pons Cestius" and the Pyramid of Cestius which survive into modern times.
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Andromachus (son of Achaeus) Andromachus (Greek: Aνδρoμαχoς , lived 3rd century BC) was an Anatolian nobleman of Greek Macedonian and Persian descent. Andromachus’ father was a wealthy nobleman who owned estates in Anatolia and his family had power in Anatolia with strong royal connections. Andromachus was the son of Achaeus. He had four siblings; one brother: Alexander and two sisters: Antiochis and Laodice II. He was the father of Achaeus and his sister Laodice II married her the Seleucid King Seleucus II Callinicus. and they were the parents of Antiochus III the Great.
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Katakalon Katakalon (Greek: Κατακαλών ), rarely Katakalos (Κατακαλός), was the name of a Byzantine noble family of the 10th–12th centuries.
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Trenck family The Trenck family is one of Prussia's preeminent aristocratic families of ancient nobility (Uradel). Over time, several family members were made Freiherrn and Grafen. Hereditary titles held by the v.d. Trenck gen. Stier family include Graf von der Trenck gen. Stier (since 5 June 1798) and Freiherr von der Trenck gen. Stier (permission granted by the King of Prussia on 9 May 1825).
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Cleisthenes Cleisthenes ( ; Greek: Κλεισθένης , "Kleisthénēs"; also Clisthenes or Kleisthenes) was a noble Athenian of the Alcmaeonid family. He is credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508/7 BC. For these accomplishments, historians refer to him as "the father of Athenian democracy." He was the maternal grandson of the tyrant Cleisthenes of Sicyon, as the younger son of the latter's daughter Agariste and her husband Megacles. Also, he was credited with increasing the power of the Athenian citizens’ assembly and for reducing the power of the nobility over Athenian politics.
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Bryennios Bryennios or Bryennius (Greek: Βρυέννιος ), feminine form Bryennissa (Βρυέννισσα), was the name of a noble Byzantine family which rose to prominence in the 11th and 12th centuries, mostly as military commanders. The etymology of the name is uncertain. The first members of the family appear in the 9th century, with the "strategos" Theoktistos Bryennios. None are known for the 10th, but they reappear in the latter half of the 11th century, when they rose to high military commands and became associated with the Komnenian dynasty. Members of the family retained high positions through the 12th century, and are documented up to the 15th century.