So Many Tyrants D:

            Today in Western Civilization class we continued to watch the video in class about Greece and how its shape as a country and civilization was formed. The last time we were in class we learned about a man by the name of Pisistratus and how even though he was a tyrant, he made the social class of Greece so that even the poorest people of the time, known as the serfs, could get out of their social class and into a better one.

            Today however, we learned about his son, Hippias, and how he became a very paranoid leader who was only focused on his own well-being. This is proved when he kills the men who killed his brother and also tortures their wives to death. Although, with bad things come good, because after Hippias was overthrown, another good leader like Pisistratus came, by the name of Clisthenes. But even then, Clisthenes, the good leader was overthrown by an abusive tyrant named Isagarus, who used the Spartans to gain power. Soon even he would be overthrown in 508 B.C. by the will of the Athenian people in a “cu” that would end with Clisthenes once again in power.