Clash of The Tryants

Mason Freburger 
2/24/20

Clash of The Tryants





  • Hippias was a tryant who ruled from 527 to 510 BCE.
  • Hippias was scared that he was going to get murdered like his brother did so he made some harsh rules because he ruled and didn't want to get killed.
  • Eventually he was expelled from Athens which is called being ostracized. 
  • He began to work with the Persian king Darius I and is helping them invade Marathon for revenge.
  • Draconian means very harsh or strict. 
  • 508 BC started Democracy.
  • When Hippias was gone Isagoras and Cleisthenes both were aristocrats.
  • Isagoras had support from other aristocrats and from Sparta.
  • Cleisthenes had support from the majority of Athens.
  • Isagoras ostracized Cleisthenes.
  • Isagoras was trapped on the acropolis for two days and on the third day he left and was not allowed back.
  • Isagoras becomes archon eponymous which was a tyrant.

  • Cleisthenes was a member of the elite who were very rich.

  • Ostracized means that someone is exclude from a society or group.


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