[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

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 15, s. 126, p. 114

B.D. Meritt, Hesperia, 26, 1957, p. 208, No. 55, photograph pl. 52. The Five Attic Tribes after Kleisthenes, pp. 21-23. B.D. Meritt, The Athenian Year, 1961, p. 154. S.E.G., XXI, 400. I.G., II², 838. S.E.G., ... Agora 15 114 I 3684 I 2184 ... 7 March 1936 ... The Five Attic Tribes after Kleisthenes, pp. 21-23

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 288, p. 270

W.K. Pritchett, TAPA 85, 1954, pp. 162-164. Pritchett, The Five Attic Tribes after Kleisthenes, 1943, pp. 5 and 7. Pritchett, AJP 61, 1940, pp. 186 and 188. W.B. Dinsmoor, Hesperia 23, 1954, p. 294. IG ... Agora 16 270 ... Pritchett, The Five Attic Tribes after Kleisthenes, 1943, pp. 5 and 7

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 19, s. 28, p. 15

Demosthenes 14.23. IG I², 883, 884. IG I², 884. P.J. Bicknell, The City and Inland Trittyes of Phyle VIII Hippothontis, Antichthon 7, 1973, pp. 1-4. Traill, Demos and Trittys, pp. 110-111. C. Shaefer, ... Agora 19 15 ... Pritchett, The Five Tribes after Kleisthenes, Baltimore 1943, pp. 27-29, notes 56-63 ... Siebert, Die Trittyen Attikas und die Heeresreform des Kleisthenes (Vestigia XXXIII), Munich 1982, p. 12 and note 58

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Ten New Tribes

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The Ten New Tribes Kleisthenes instituted a crucial reform, the reorganization of the citizenry into new administrative units called phylai (tribes). In his attempt to break up the aristocratic power structure, ... The Ten New Tribes Kleisthenes instituted a crucial reform, the reorganization of the citizenry into new administrative units called phylai (tribes). In his attempt to break up the aristocratic power structure, Kleisthenes abolished the use of the old Ionian tribes and created in their stead ten new ones. ... Having created the ten tribes, Kleisthenes then sent to Apollo's oracle at Delphi the names of one hundred early Athenian heroes, and the oracle chose ten, after whom the tribes were named.