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Agariste of Sicyon

6th century BCE · 6th century BCE

Agariste of Sicyon was the daughter of Cleisthenes, tyrant of Sicyon. Herodotus tells how her father held a year-long contest among suitors from all over Greece, which Megacles of the Athenian Alcmaeonid family won after his rival Hippocleides danced on a table. Her son was Cleisthenes, the founder of Athenian democracy.

Mentioned in 1 state history

Sicyon

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