enes a descendant of Alcmaion, the same
who is reported to have bribed the Pythian prophetess, and Isagoras,
the son of Tisander, of a family which was highly reputed, but of his
original descent I am not able to declare; his kinsmen however offer
sacrifices to the Carian Zeus. These men came to party strife for power;
and then Cleisthenes was being worsted in the struggle, he made common
cause with the people. After this he caused the Athenians to be in ten
tribes, who were formerly in four; and he changed the names by which
they were called after the sons of Ion, namely Geleon, Aigicoreus,
Argades, and Hoples, and invented for them names taken from other
heroes, all native Athenians except Ajax, whom he added as a neighbour
and ally, although he was no Athenian.

67. Now in these things it seems to me that this Cleisthenes was
imitating his mother's father Cleisthenes the despot of Sikyon: for
Cleisthenes when he went to war with Argos first caused to cease in
Sikyon the contests of rhapsodists, which were concerned with the
poems of Homer, because Argives and Argos are celebrated in them almost
everywhere; then secondly, since there was (as still there is) in the
market-place itself of the Sikyonians a hero-temple of Adrastos the son
of Talaos, Cleisthenes had a desire to cast him forth out of the land,
because he was an Argive. So having come to Delphi he consulted the
Oracle as to whether he should cast out Adrastos; and the Pythian
prophetess answered him saying that Adrastos was king of the Sikyonians,
whereas he was a stoner 55 of them. So since the god did not permit him
to do this, he went away home and considered means by which Adrastos
should be brought to depart of his own accord: and when he thought that
he had discovered them, he sent to Thebes in Boeotia and said that he
desired to introduce into his city Melanippos the son of Astacos, and
the Thebans gave him leave. So Cleisthenes introduced Melanippos into
his city, and appointed for him a sacred enclosure within the precincts
of the City Hall 56 itself, and established him there in the strongest
position. Now Cleisthenes introduced Melanippos (for I must relate this
also) because he was the greatest enemy of Adrastos, seeing that he had
killed both his brother Mekisteus and his son-in-law Tydeus: and when he
had appointed the sacred enclosure for him, he took away the sacrifices
and festivals of Adrastos and gave them to Melanippos. Now the
Sikyonians