2. Early Athens Synoecism by 8th c Aristocratic rule Kylon 632 Drako
Basileus, polemarch, archon, thesmothetai, Areopagus council
Kylon 632
Drako

3. Solon c. 594 Seisachtheia; hektemoroi Abolishing debt slavery
Four property class with different political rights
Trade; immigration of foreign craftsmen
Power of audit to assembly
Right to appeal to heliaia from Areopagus

4. Peisistratus - Tyranny
560s coup
Alcmaeonidae - Megacles
Third return 547
Died 527
Building projects
Dionysia
Pan-Atheneia
Hippias and Hipparchus (d. 514)
End of tyranny 510

5. Cleisthenes - Beginnings of Democracy
Ten tribes replace four Ionic tribes
Trittyes and demes
Ten tribes form prytaneis for boule (council of 500)
Selection by lot

7. Themistocles Laurion silver 200 talents Ostracism, first used 487
Fortifies Piraeus

9. Thermopylae vs. Salamis
Sparta
Land
King Leonidas
Brave/honest
Exclusively Spartan
All die
Failure
Encircled and tricked
Ephialtes
Athens
Sea
Themistocles; Eurybiades
Lying and scheming
Athenians not bravest
Survive
Success
Encircled and tricking
Themistocles’ slave

10. Delian League - Athenian Empire
Democracy and empire; democracy and tyranny
Formed 477: liberation/revenge
Ships or tribute
Aristides - assessment
Treasury at Delos - Apollo
Revolts on Naxos and Thasos
Egyptian expedition 458
Removal of treasury to Athens 454

11. Athenian Empire

12. Further Developments in Athenian Constitution
Archons elected by lot from 486
Increased frequency of ekklesia (assembly) meetings
Ephialtes and restriction of Areopagus 462
Change in citizenship law 451
Pay for boule, courts and assembly
liturgies

13. Pericles Alcmaeonid Active 461-429 Elected general
Tyrant in democracy - Thucydides
“First Peloponnesian War”
Growth of land empire - Megara, Boeotia

15. Agora - Marketplace and “Downtown”

16. Pnyx - Ekklesia - Assembly