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How Did Cleisthenes Influence Greek Politics

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1. a. The oracle of Delphi was a man dedicated to Apollo. He sat between the mountain slopes. He could see into the future even though he could not actually see. He gave guidance and wisdom to those who sought it. b. The origin and the Psychological impact of the Olympic Games was just a competition between athletes and started to become popular and progress through the ages and became popular among many. c. Themistocles was a known politician at the time of his existence. Themistocles wanted a trireme, which to my knowledge I believe is 3 branches of military (My vocabulary is a little off). He wanted to build a military and have them sectored into three different categories. d. Cleisthenes and his link to the Ancient Greek Democracy is he was one of the best successors in the startup of democracy. He took the risks to start reforms and try and get the people on board his governing system. He went to exile for his governing system, because of his rival who was put on my conserves. He was un-banished from exile and put together a democracy. i. He was linked to Achilles and the Greek Ideal because Cleisthenes was for the people. He wanted everyone from poor too rich to …show more content…

Pericles was the continuation of Cleisthenes. Pericles was during the Golden Age. He wanted to continue where Cleisthenes left of with Greek Democracy. Pericles was a statesman and was damn good at his job to. He had outspoken all of his rivals and became very popular. He became well known for his success with the Acropolis and the Parthenon. Pericles was the reason for the Acropolis (the highest point in the city) and the Parthenon being built to par. The plague affected many during the time of Pericles. It came about at the most inopportune time, during the war. This brought a struggle about and was unforeseen by Pericles. Pericles in a way upgraded his status and moved to the Athens Delian league and continued his path to Democracy from

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