Agariste (daughter of Kleisthenes)

Agariste ( Greek Ἀγαρίστη [Agaríste]) was the daughter of the ancient Greek tyrant Kleisthenes of Sicyon .

Her father wanted to give her to the bravest and noblest of all Greeks as a wife and called suitors from all over Greece to him. After song, flute and dance competitions, he gave Agariste to the Athenian Megakles as his wife.

The couple had several children, including Kleisthenes of Athens , who divided Attica into ten phyls and established democracy in Athens , and Hippocrates , whose daughter was also called Agariste .

supporting documents

Herodotus , Historien , 6, 126 ff.

literature

Walther Judeich : Agariste 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 735.

personal data
SURNAME	Agarist
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ἀγαρίστη (Greek); Agarists
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Daughter of the tyrant Kleisthenes of Sicyon
DATE OF BIRTH	7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	6th century BC Chr.