Cleisthenes

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Athenian statesman ancient Greek person human politician reformer

Cleisthenes was an Athenian statesman of the late 6th century BCE, best known for instituting democratic reforms that laid the foundations of classical Athenian democracy.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cleisthenes of Athens	2
Cleisthenes (through marriage)	1
Cleisthenic reforms	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athenian statesman ⓘ ancient Greek person ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ reformer ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	establishment of democratic institutions in Athens ⓘ
citizenship	Athens ⓘ
country	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
era	pre-classical Greece ⓘ
ethnicity	Greek ⓘ
family	Alcmaeonid family ⓘ
floruit	late 6th century BCE ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
goalOfReforms	broaden political participation of citizens ⓘ diminish power of aristocracy ⓘ
governmentalBodyReformed	Athenian Assembly (Ekklesia) ⓘ surface form: Athenian Assembly Athenian Council of 500 (Boule) ⓘ surface form: Athenian Council (Boule)
historicalReputation	architect of Athenian democratic constitution ⓘ
influenced	development of classical Athenian democracy ⓘ
knownFor	democratic reforms in Athens ⓘ laying foundations of Athenian democracy ⓘ reorganization of Athenian political system ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy	considered a founder of Athenian democracy ⓘ
name	Cleisthenes self-link ⓘ
nobleFamily	Alcmaeonid family ⓘ surface form: Alcmaeonidae
occupation	politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ
opposed	tyranny in Athens ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Athens ⓘ
politicalSystemPromoted	democracy ⓘ
positionHeld	Athenian political leader ⓘ leader of the Alcmaeonid clan ⓘ
precededBy	Peisistratid tyranny in Athens ⓘ
reform	creation of ten new tribes based on demes ⓘ creation of the Council of 500 ⓘ introduction of deme-based citizenship ⓘ introduction of isonomia (political equality) ⓘ reduction of power of traditional aristocratic clans ⓘ reorganization of Athenian tribes ⓘ reorganization of the Boule to 500 members ⓘ strengthening of the Assembly (Ekklesia) ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence	Athenian political organization ⓘ Greek political thought ⓘ
timePeriod	Archaic period of Greece ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Athenian democracy → associatedWith → Cleisthenes ⓘ

Cleisthenes of Sicyon → grandfather → Cleisthenes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cleisthenes of Athens

Alcmaeonid family → hasNotableMember → Cleisthenes ⓘ

Athenian democracy → hasReform → Cleisthenes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cleisthenic reforms

Cleisthenes → name → Cleisthenes self-link ⓘ

Classical Athens → notableLeader → Cleisthenes ⓘ

Xanthippus → notableRelative → Cleisthenes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cleisthenes (through marriage)

Cleisthenes of Sicyon → relative → Cleisthenes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cleisthenes of Athens