The Long Shadow of the Ancient Greek World

Cleisthenes, the Real Father of Democracy? (1x12)

: 01, 2009

Learn how Cleisthenes' political restructuring ended factional strife and is the forerunner of today's division of local, state, and federal administration. In taking democracy to the masses in a way that Solon had not, Cleisthenes may be more deserving of the title "the father of democracy."