-with Hippias gone, Isagoras and Cleisthenes (before aristocrats).
-engaged in a power struggle Isagora had support from some fellow aristocrats, plus from Sparta.
-Cleisthenes had support of majority of Athenians.
-Isagoras Wins:
-Isagoras becomes archon eponymouse (tyrant)
-the people rose up and threw out Isagoras
-was only in power for a couple of years
-trap him on the acropolis for two days - on the third day he was banished.
-he ostracized Cleisthenas
-Cleisthenes and Democracy:
-He was definitely a member of the elite (that was all the people that got invited to those "political discussion parties")
-very rich
-insulated from the 'hoi polloi'
-a crafty politician
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