EVENT: CONNOR
As part of the research for my novel Euphemism, I’ve been reading the famed McNeill History of Western Civilization
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c) Political. Throughout the fifth century Athenian politics revolved around two “parties” which had emerged from the overthrow of Peisistratid tyranny. On the one hand, the “good and wellborn” aspired toward a state in which the wealthier and more gentlemanly citizens would have control. Thus, the oligarchic party, resisted democratic changes in the constitution, and generally proclaimed a reverent adherence to ancestral ways. Its support came from among the wealthier classes and, probably, from the farmers.
Regarding the opposition, it is observed:
…until 429 B.C., the leaders of the democratic party seem to have been men of aristocratic birth.
~ Connor