Today we watched more of "The Greeks" and this
time Mr. Neeson went more in depth with Athens ups and downs through leadership.
The First important ruler was Pisistratus who took control of Athens
by bringing a tall women with him and claiming that it was Athena the
goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice,
just warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill.
Even though he gave Athens freedom and jobs, he was still technically a tyrant
and was soon overthrown by the Athenian people and replaced with Cleisthenes.
Cleisthenes was an aristocrat who was told since birth that he would be a
leader, and once he was a leader he freed Athens from
their tyrannical past and brought the age of democracy upon them.
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