TERPSICHORE. 189

a. Few days, they were about to return to Sparta, when
axt accident happened, as fatal to one party, as favour­
able to the other. The children of the Pisistratidae, in
their attempts privately to escape, were taken prison­
ers : this incident reduced them to extreme perplexity,
so that finally, to recover their children, they submit­
ted to such terms as the Athenians imposed, and en­
gaged to leave Attica within five days. Thus, after
enjoying the supreme authority for thirty-six years,
they retired to Sigeum beyond the Scamander. They
were in their descent Pylians, of the family of Peleus;
they were by birth related to Codrus and Melanthus,
who had also obtained the supreme power at Athens,
though strangers like themselves. In memory of which
Hippocrates, the father of Pisistratus, had named his
son from the son of Nestor. The Athenians were thus
delivered from oppression; and it will now be my bu­
siness to commemorate such prosperous or calamitous
events as they experienced after they had thus re­
covered their liberties, before Ionia had revolted from
Darius, and Aristagoras the Milesian had arrived at
Athens to supplicate assistance.

LXVI. Athens was considerable before, but, its lib­
erty being restored, it became greater than ever. Of
its citizens, two enjoyed more than common reputa­
tion : Clisthenes, of the family of the Alcmaeonidse,
who according to the voice of fame had corrupted the
Pythian; and Isagoras, son of Tisander, who was cer­
tainly of an illustrious origin, but whose particular
descent I am not able to specify. The individuals of
this family sacrifice to the Carian Jupiter: these two
men, in their contention for superiority, divided the
state into factions: Clisthenes, who was worsted by
his rival, found means to conciliate the favour of the
people. Tho four tribes, which were before named
from the sons of Ion, Geleon, JSgicores, Argades, and
Hoples, he divided into ten, naming them according
to his fancy, from the heroes of his country. One,
however, he called after Ajax, who had been the
neighbour and ally to his nation.

LXVII. In this particular, Clisthenes seems to me
to have imitated his grandfather of the same name by