Eucleides
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Eucleides was archon of Athens at the end of the fifth century BC.
During the year that he spent in office (403-402 BC), the murderous oligarchy of the Thirty Tyrants was driven out of Athens and the Athenian democracy re-established. As part of the new regime, Athenians accepted a spelling reform, adopting the Ionian alphabet, which included eta and omega.
There are inscriptions from Athens which used Ionian spelling before it was official and others which continued to use the old Attic spelling after it was repudiated.
| Preceded by Pythodorus |
Eponymous archon of Athens 403 BC - 402 BC |
Succeeded by Micon |
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