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- With Hippias gone, Isagoras and Cleisthenes (both were aristocrats) engaged in a power struggle
- Isagoras had support from some fellow aristocrats, plus from Sparta
- Cleisthenes had support of the majority of Athenians
- Isagoras becomes archon eponymous (tyrant)
- He ostracizes Cleisthenes
- Cleisthenes'supporters - and the ordinary Athenian citizens! - revolt against Isagoras' tyranny
- They trap Isagoras on the acropolis for two days - on the third day he fled and was banished
- 508 BCE
- Cleisthenes - definitely a member of the elite
- Very rich
- Insulated from the “hoi polloi”
- A crafty politician
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