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Cleisthenes of Sicyon

701 BC - 600 BC

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Cleisthenes ( KLYSSE-thin-eez; Greek: Κλεισθένης) was the tyrant of Sicyon from c. 600–560 BC, who aided in the First Sacred War against Kirrha that destroyed that city in 595 BC. He was also said to have organized a successful war against Argos because of his anti-Dorian feelings. After his victory he abolished all the rhapsodes of Homer, because they praised the citizens of Argos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cleisthenes of Sicyon has received more than 57,013 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Cleisthenes of Sicyon is the 4,766th most popular politician (down from 3,672nd in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from Greece (down from 234th in 2019) and the 127th most popular Greek Politician.

Cleisthenes of Sicyon is most famous for his reforms to the Athenian constitution, which included the institution of ostracism.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cleisthenes of Sicyon ranks 4,766 out of 19,576Before him are Ibbi-Sin, Egica, Túpac Huallpa, Giovanni Sforza, Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders, and Charles-Michel de l'Épée. After him are Joan, Countess of Flanders, Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach, Chen Shui-bian, Missak Manouchian, Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado, and Theobald II, Count of Champagne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 701 BC, Cleisthenes of Sicyon ranks 2Before him is Zephaniah.  Among people deceased in 600 BC, Cleisthenes of Sicyon ranks 15Before him are Anacharsis, Epimenides, Phalaris, Ibycus, Sushruta, and Mimnermus. After him are Tanaquil, Harpagus, Zaleucus, Arsames, Philip I of Macedon, and Leon of Sparta.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cleisthenes of Sicyon ranks 296 out of 1,024Before him are Leonnatus (-356), Chares of Lindos (-400), Perdiccas I of Macedon (-700), Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta (1904), Ange Postecoglou (1965), and Piri Mehmed Pasha (1458). After him are Cratinus (-500), Callimachus (-600), Anaxarchus (-380), Timoleon (-411), Anaxandridas II (-565), and Ali Rıza Efendi (1839).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Cleisthenes of Sicyon ranks 127Before him are Lais of Corinth (-400), Julia Livilla (18), Georgios Papandreou (1888), Leonnatus (-356), Perdiccas I of Macedon (-700), and Piri Mehmed Pasha (1458). After him are Timoleon (-411), Anaxandridas II (-565), Ali Rıza Efendi (1839), Theramenes (-450), Aglaonice (null), and Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876).