Articles, Cleisthenes, Hippias, Isagoras, Peisistratus, Solon

CLEISTHENES EXPANDED SOLON’S REFORMS INTO THE FIRST LITERATE DEMOCRACY

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📘 ARTICLE SUMMARY: This article explores how Cleisthenes of Athens built on Solon’s reforms to establish the world’s first literate democracy in Athens around 508 BCE. It details the political drama of the time, including power struggles with Hippias, Peisistratus, Isagoras, and the intervention of Sparta, as well as the historical roots of reform tracing …

Articles, Harmodius, Hipparchus, Marduk, Pisistratus, Solon

TRUCULENT TYRANTS PISISTRATUS & HIS HIPPIE SONS TRUMPED UP TROUBLE IN ATHENS AFTER SOLON LEFT

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TRUCULENT TYRANTS PISISTRATUS & HIS HIPPIE SONS TRUMPED UP TROUBLE IN ATHENS AFTER SOLON LEFT By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA)🎥 Watch the companion video on YouTube 👉 Learn more about Ancient Greece: https://wp.me/s1TVCy-greece Background: Anunnaki, Trade, and Turmoil Around 600 BCE, the Greeks were entangled in the broader world ruled by Anunnaki overlords—extraterrestrial …

Ancient Greece, Anunnaki, Articles

SOLON’s poetry stirred Athens to take Salamis, ruled Athens as sole lawgiver, then sailed away for 10 years during which only he could repeal laws

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SOLON’s poetry stirred Athens to take Salamis, ruled Athens as sole lawgiver, then sailed away for 10 years, during which only he could repeal laws By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, U.C.L.A.) https://wp.me/s1TVCy-greece to learn more about Ancient Greece. Around 600 BCE, on successive days, the noble Solon pretended he was mad. He recited 90 …