Today in class I learned all about Hippias, Cleisthenes, and Democracy:

• Hippias gone, Isagoras and Cleisthenes (both aristocrats) engaged in a power struggle
• Isagoras Wins!
• He ostracizes Cleisthenes
• Cleisthenes' supports and the Athenian citizens revolt against Isagoras tyranny
• They trap Isagoras on the acropolis for two days, on the third day hefied and was banished
• 508 BCE
• Cleisthenes and Democracy
• Cleisthenes- definitely a member of elite
• Very rich
• Insulate from the "hoi polloi"
• A crafty politician