[Agora Object] H 169: Fragment from the Upper Body with Graffito

Letters shallowly incised with a blunt point, left to right. -ΠΤΡΕΟ- The demotic [Λαμ]πτρέο[ς] is suggested by the preserved letters, although this would seem unlikely before the time of Kleisthenes ... -ΠΤΡΕΟ- The demotic [Λαμ]πτρέο[ς] is suggested by the preserved letters, although this would seem unlikely before the time of Kleisthenes. But if the deme Lamptrai did not exist at the time of this dedication, the district or town surely did.

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 15, s. 128, p. 116

E.M. 378. J. Sundwall, Eranos, XXV, 1927,p. 191. J. Kirchner, I.G., II², 2437. W.K. Pritchett, A.J.P., LXI, 1940, pp. 186-187, The Five Attic Tribes after Kleisthenes, pp. 5-6. S. Dow, Hesperia, Suppl ... Agora 15 116 I 2967 ... 10 May 1935 ... Pritchett, A.J.P., LXI, 1940, pp. 186-187, The Five Attic Tribes after Kleisthenes, pp. 5-6

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Overthrow and Revolution

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Overthrow and Revolution In 514 B.C. the tyrant Hipparchos was stabbed to death. The murder, actually the result of a love feud, was quickly deemed a political act of assassination and the perpetrators, ... At first Isagoras had the upper hand, until Kleisthenes enlisted the support of the common people by proposing a new constitution. ... Kleomenes expelled 700 Athenian families, who joined Kleisthenes in exile. ... The people having taken control of affairs, Kleisthenes was their leader and was head of the People.

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 15, s. 250, p. 238

B.D. Meritt, Hesperia, 33, 1964, pp. 218-219, No. 63, photograph pl. 38. S.E.G., XXI, 602. B.D. Meritt, Hesperia, 17, 1948, p. 21. W.K. Pritchett, The Five Attic Tribes after Kleisthenes, pp. 9, 34. K ... Agora 15 238 I 6177 I 4087 ... 9 May 1949 ... Pritchett, The Five Attic Tribes after Kleisthenes, pp. 9, 34