HISTORY 36B Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Megacles, Peisistratos, Pnyx
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Megacles, leader of the men of the coast, drove pisistratus out. Megacles forms alliances with pisistratus and agrees to restore him to power, if he marries his daughter. Pisistratus marries megacles daughter, but schemes not to father any children by. Already has 2 sons from previous marriage. Megacles finds out and form new alliance with the opposition to pisistratus her tyranny. Pisistratus driven out for a second time. While exiled from 555 to 546 bce, assembles a mercenary force and the support of lygdamis of naxos and the cavalry of eretria. Pisistratus lands at marathon and marches and seizes athens. Dies of natural causes in 527 bce. An executive board created that would eventually surpass the importance of the archons. Army reorganized according to the new tribes. Ea ch tribe elected a taxiarchos (infantry commander), hipparchos (cavalry. Cleisthenes reforms commander), and a strategos (general) Cleisthenes was not given the power to make reforms like solon.