On Friday we watched a video on the people, the culture, and the history of Greece. Some of the people that were mentioned in the video were Cleisthenis, who was a war hero when the people rebelled against Athens government. Another man mentioned was Pisistratus, who was a normal man who convinced the public that he had brought Athena to the town, which soon allowed him to become the tyrant of the city-state. Pisistratus actually made quite a positive difference in the town, by freeing the demos from the aristocrats, by allowing the demos to own their own farms, and by making trade from far-away colonies. Athens economy soon grew in wealth.
About Cleisthenis, he was born around 570 B.C. He had been raised and taught that he was an aristocrat at birth, and was born to rule. By 508 B.C, there was pandemonium on the streets of Athens. The people had rebelled against the government for the first time in history. Cleisthenis was one of the men to help lead Athens into a democratic state of government.
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