The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . 1/ 124] POLITICAL REVOLUTIONS 133 were gathered for the expedition. The mother city alwaysgave the sacred fire for the new city hearth, and appointed thefounder. This founder established the new settlementwith religious rites and distributed the inhabitants, whothronged in from all sides, into artificial tribes and Ruins of the Athletic Field at Delphi. Second only to the OlympicGames, and similar to them, was the Festival at Delphi in honor of Apollo. The colonists ceased to he citizens of their old home, and thenew city enjoyed c
The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . 1/ 124] POLITICAL REVOLUTIONS 133 were gathered for the expedition. The mother city alwaysgave the sacred fire for the new city hearth, and appointed thefounder. This founder established the new settlementwith religious rites and distributed the inhabitants, whothronged in from all sides, into artificial tribes and Ruins of the Athletic Field at Delphi. Second only to the OlympicGames, and similar to them, was the Festival at Delphi in honor of Apollo. The colonists ceased to he citizens of their old home, and thenew city enjoyed complete independence. The colony recognizeda religious connection with its metropolis (mother city),and of course there were often strong bonds of friendshipbetween the two; but there was no political union betweenthem —until Athens invented a new form of colony which willbe described later (§ 148). III. CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT 124. The Kings overthrown by Oligarchies. — Between 1000disappeared from every Greek city and 500 the kings 134 HELLAS FROM 1000 TO 500 [§ 125 except Sparta and Argos, and even in those cities they lost mostof their old power. The change was the work of the nobles;and that class divided the royal power among gave way to oligarchies. A Homeric king, we have seen, had three kinds of duties : hewas war chief, jud
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