In this episode, we discuss the third and final treaty between the Spartans and Tissaphernes; the comedic plays "Lysistrata" and "Thesmophorizusai" by Aristophanes; how the Athenians succumbed to civil war for the first time in nearly a century and saw an overthrow of their democracy by what is known as the 400;   the vicissitudes of this new oligarchic government; and how factionalism between extremists and moderates led to its downfall Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2020/06/103-oligarchic-coup.html   Intro by Anya Leonard of Classical Wisdom Speaks Website: https://classicalwisdom.com/podcast-classical-wisdom-speaks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClassicalWisdom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClassicalWisdomWeekly/   Today’s episode is brought to you by our Patreon supporters and PayPal donators. If you too would like to support The History of Ancient Greece, you can become a monthly Patreon supporter at (https://www.patreon.com/thehistoryofancientgreecepodcast) or a one time donor at (https://www.paypal.me/RyanStitt).    In addition, there is THOAG Merchandise to purchase! There is a great store featuring not only apparel with the podcast logos but  as well as artwork created by independent designers. There’s short sleeve T-shirts, long sleeve T-shirts, baseball T-shirts, hoodies, crewneck sweatshirt, tank tops, kids apparel, and even masks, all in different colors and cuts, plus phone and laptop cases, wall art, tapestries, pins, stickers, magnets, notebooks, mugs, pillows, and tote bags! So head on over to TeePublic (https://www.teepublic.com/stores/greekhistorypod) and get yourself some merch to show your support of the podcast!