Cleisthenes was the statesman who laid the foundations of democracy in ancient Athens by dividing Attica into ten tribes by location.

The gymnasium (i.e. gym) in ancient Greece was an important institution, as exercising and keeping one's body fit were vital ...

Born into the rich and aristocratic Alcmaeonid clan around 570 BC, Cleisthenes was raised as ... and become famous all over Greece for the year long competition he held for suitors seeking to ...

The 'democratic' reforms of Cleisthenes were a highly complicated revision of tribal and religious associations that had endured for centuries. Above all else, they were an attempt to make the ...