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15 minutes of fame: Kleisthenes, father of Athenian democracy

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

It’s the HistoryExtra podcast’s 15th birthday, and to celebrate, we’ve asked 15 historians to nominate a figure from history they think deserves their ‘15 minutes of fame’. In this episode, Professor Michael Scott nominates Kleisthenes. He tells Kev Lochun about how this sixth-century BC aristocrat came to be regarded as the father of Athenian democracy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.

0:05.0

A bit of a different thing going on this week.

0:07.3

You've been immature and you've lied.

0:10.3

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

0:13.9

I was trying to manipulate you.

0:15.7

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

0:18.1

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

0:20.6

I don't know.

0:21.7

I guess you'd have to ask.

0:23.5

Someone that has sex.

0:24.2

Someone that has sex.

0:26.3

And remember, it's just between us.

0:30.9

Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Reveal.

0:56.0

I'm Ellie Cawthorne. 2020 is the History Extra podcast's 15th birthday.

1:01.1

So to mark 15 years of fascinating historical conversations,

1:05.9

we've asked 15 historians to nominate a figure from history

1:09.9

who they think deserves their 15 minutes of

1:13.1

fame. Some are inspiring people who deserve more airtime today. Others are those whose significance

1:19.8

in history has been overlooked. And some simply led fascinating and unexpected lives. In today's

1:26.8

episode, Professor Michael Scott nominates

1:29.6

Clythsonese, a 6th century BC aristocrat, who's considered by some to be the father of

1:36.3

Athenian democracy, even though it wasn't the democracy we might recognize today. Kev Lachun spoke

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