COM 415 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Isagoras, Alcman, Harmodius And Aristogeiton
● Cleisthenes:
○ Father of democracy
○ Harmodius and Aristogeiton
■ Folk heroes for getting rid of the tyrants
○ Alcmenonidae opposed these tyrants
○ 510 BCE Isagoras and Cleisthenes
■ Isagoras tried to get rid of Cleisthenes with the aid of sparta
● Athenians held strong
● Exiled and cleisthenes became the leader
○ Promised citizens a more direct voice
■ Created the 10 tribes (used to be 3: men of the shore, men beyond the
hills, and the men of the plane)
● Now diverse
■ Council of 500
● Served for 1 month
● Every athenian served at least once
● Sharing of power
● Chosen by lottery
● Pride
● Annual rotation of power
● Sparta
○ 6th century arts flourished
○ Poets: Tyrtaeus and Alcman
○ Funeral Stelae
■ Grave markers
■ Headstones
■ Men and women sitting side by side as equals
○ Messenia 650-600BCE
■ Spartans decided to attack messenians for slaves because they could
● Helots
○ Worked the land for spartans
○ To keep law and order of helots, art was given up in favor
of warfare
■ Fear
■ Lycurgus the Lawgiver
● Created laws of sparta
● Lycurgus - Religious workshop
● The laws weren’t necessarily religious, but sparta was
○ Agoge Boys 7-29 years old
■ Military school
Document Summary
Folk heroes for getting rid of the tyrants. Isagoras tried to get rid of cleisthenes with the aid of sparta. Created the 10 tribes (used to be 3: men of the shore, men beyond the hills, and the men of the plane) Men and women sitting side by side as equals. Spartans decided to attack messenians for slaves because they could. To keep law and order of helots, art was given up in favor of warfare. The laws weren"t necessarily religious, but sparta was. Believed that strong men needed a strong mother to give birth to them. Men lived with their peers, not their wives. Closed society - did not like foreigners. Reading and writing were taught minimally, but dancing and music were essential. The king, who with 300 warriors, faced a doomed last stand against persia. Newly born babies tossed off a cliff if they don"t fit the definition of spartan physical perfection.
