Inside the Statehouse, notably placed in the **Map Room**, is a bust of Kleisthenes (also spelled **Cleisthenes**), the Athenian statesman credited with laying the foundations of Athenian democracy in the late 6th century BCE.
Modern bust of Kleisthenes, known as "the father of Athenian democracy", on view at the Ohio Statehouse, Columbus, Ohio wikimedia 
Kleisthenes introduced the political reforms around 508/507 BCE that reorganized Athenian society into ten tribes (phylai) and established democratic institutions based on **random selection** and **equal participation** of citizens. He broke the power of traditional clans and reorganized society based on **demes** and **geographic trittyes**, laying the groundwork for popular sovereignty.
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