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Today in class we continued watching more of the movie on Greeks. We talked about how Clestanies came to power. He over threw a tyrant than he later found out people were going to try to over throw him. The person that did over throw him was called Pysistratis. He did so by getting help from the Spartans and then he forced Clestanies into exile. The people of Athens than got mad and the over threw Pysistratis and told Clestanies to come back and help them form a new type of government. He did so and formed a democracy. The Persians realized how powerful Athens was becoming and how rich they were becoming because of there government so Persia invaded Athens. The Athens were able to defeat the Persian onslaught and then the Athenians went back to Athens feeling glad that they defended their democracy and celebrated.