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        1. CONSTITUTION OF ATHENS a work attributed to the philosopher Aristotle (– B.C.), forming one of a series of Constitutions (πολιτείαι).
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        4. His History is political and when he speaks of ancient democracy, the tone and style flares up: Cleisthenes' reforms, which are described in.

          5. Athens occurred in about , well after the death of Cleisthenes....

          Cleisthenes

          6th-century BC Athenian lawgiver

          For other uses, see Cleisthenes (disambiguation).

          Cleisthenes (KLYS-thin-eez; Ancient Greek: Κλεισθένης), or Clisthenes (c. 570 – c. 508 BC), was an ancient Athenian lawgiver credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508 BC.[1][2] For these accomplishments, historians refer to him as "the father of Athenian democracy".[3] He was a member of the aristocratic Alcmaeonid clan.

          He was the younger son of Megacles and Agariste making him the maternal grandson of the tyrant Cleisthenes of Sicyon.[4] He was also credited with increasing the power of the Athenian citizens' assembly and for reducing the power of the nobility over Athenian politics.[5]

          In 510 BC, Spartan troops helped the Athenians overthrow the tyrant Hippias, son of Peisistratus.

          Cleomenes I, king of Sparta, put in place a pro-Spartan