Cleisthenes

Question 1

Cleisthenes

Answer 1

570-08 BC
Elected archon after the tyranny of Pisistratus
Beat isagoras by promising to people control of the state (democracy)

Question 2

Birth of democracy

Answer 2

Wanted to see an end to factionalism cussed by aristocratic families
Aimed to deprive blood tribes of political significance and to replace them with territorial tribes (demes)

Question 3

Demes

Answer 3

139 in total
Each had own council to manage own affairs- led by demarch
Member of deme proof of citizenship

Question 4

Council of 500 (Boule)

Answer 4

50 members chosen annually from 10 tribes
Oversaw archons
Managed state affairs incl. votes, war, economy

Question 5

The assembly

Answer 5

Met on pnyx
Each citizen could come and vote
Information available before meetings

Question 6

Military reform

Answer 6

Army reorganised on basis of 10 tribes and pulled from trittyes
Strategoi could be re-elected indefinitely

Question 7

Ostracism

Answer 7

Safeguard against tyranny
6000 votes required
Votes cast on ostrakon not by hand

Question 8

Trittyes

Answer 8

Grouped in 3s: city, coast, inland
Formed between nearby demes

Question 9

‘Deme-tribe’ system

Answer 9

139 demes
IN
30 trittyes
IN
3 regions

Question 10

Tribes

Answer 10

1 trittyes each from the coast, city and inland
Named after a local hero