With hippias gone, isagoras and Cleisthenes engaged in a power struggle
isagoras had support from fellow aristocrats and sparta
cleisthenes had support from the majority of Athens
Isagoras wins
He ostracized Cleisthenes
Clesithenes followers revolt, making isagoras flee
508 BC- first time regular people rebelled agaisnt their leader
Cliesthenes takes over
very rich
insulated from the "hoi polloi"
hoi polloi means commoners
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