Today in class we learned about the leaders and their ways of ruling.

  • Draco (621 BCE)
    • all Athenians (rich or poor) are equal under the law
    • but death is the punishment for many crimes
    • debt slavery is OK (work as a slave to repay debts)
  • Solon’s reforms (594 BCE)
    • outlaws debt slavery
    • all Athenian citizens can speak at the assembly
    • any citizen can press charges against wrongdoers
      more reforms (around 500 BCE):
      • allowed all citizens to submit laws for debate at the assembly
      • created the Council of Five Hundred (members chosen at random, to counsel the assembly)
      • can you see this leading to democracy?
      • but… only free adult male property owners born in Athens were considered citizens
      • sorry, women, slaves, “foreigners”
        • Hippias was a tyrant who ruled from 527 to 510 BCE
        • his brother was murdered, and his rule became harsh
        • eventually he was expelled from Athens (this is called being ostracized)
        • in revenge, he began working with the Persian king Darius I, helping them invade Marathon
          • with Hippias gone, Isagoras and Cleisthenes (both were aristocrats - surprise!) engaged in a power struggle
          • Isagoras had support from some fellow aristocrats, plus from Sparta
          • Cleisthenes had support of the majority of Athenians
            • Isagoras becomes archon eponymous (tyrant)
            • He ostracizes Cleisthenes
            • Cleisthenes’ supporters - and the ordinary Athenian citizens! - revolt against Isagoras’ tyranny
            • they trap Isagoras on the acropolis for two days - on the third day he fled and was banished
            • 508 BCE

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