# Cleisthenes

> He broke the grip of Athenian aristocrats and handed power to the assembly — the 508 BC constitutional redesign that made democracy possible. Twenty-five centuries later, historians still call him its father.

*Late 6th century Athenian politician and reformer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/cleisthenes

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** -565
- **Died:** -500
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 570 BC into the aristocratic Alcmaeonid clan, Cleisthenes was the younger son of Megacles and grandson of a Sicyonian tyrant. After Spartan hoplites helped overthrow the tyrant Hippias in 510 BC, Sparta's king installed a pro-Spartan oligarchy under Isagoras. Cleisthenes rallied the middle class and democrats, seized control, and survived two Spartan interventions in 508 and 506 BC. His reforms gave Athens isonomic institutions — equal rights for all citizens, though only free men and women qualified — and introduced ostracism as a check on power. He died around 508 BC, having shifted authority from the nobility to the citizens' assembly.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 7.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207634)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleisthenes)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Cleisthenes)
- [كليسثنيس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AB%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3)
- [كليسثنيس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AB%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3)
- [کلئیستنس](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3)
- [Klisfen](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klisfen)
- [Клісфен](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BD)
- [Клистен](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD)
- [Kleisthenes](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleisthenes)
- [Clístenes](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%ADstenes)
- [Kleisthenés](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleisthen%C3%A9s)
- [Kleisthenes](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleisthenes)
- [Kleisthenes von Athen](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleisthenes_von_Athen)
- [Κλεισθένης](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B8%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82)
- [Klisteno de Ateno](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klisteno_de_Ateno)
- [Clístenes de Atenas](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%ADstenes_de_Atenas)
- [Kleisthenes](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleisthenes)
- [Klistenes Atenaskoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klistenes_Atenaskoa)
- [کلئیستنس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3)
- [Kleisthenes Ateenalainen](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleisthenes_Ateenalainen)
- [Clisthène (Athènes)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clisth%C3%A8ne_(Ath%C3%A8nes))
- [Clístenes de Atenas](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%ADstenes_de_Atenas)
- [קלייסתנס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%AA%D7%A0%D7%A1)
- [Kleiszthenész](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiszthen%C3%A9sz)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Klejstenes)
- [Kleisthenes](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleisthenes)
- [Kleisthenes von Athen](https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleisthenes_von_Athen)

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