Isocrates Concerning the Team of Horses 25

[25] My father on the male side belonged to the Eupatrids, ¹ whose noble birth is apparent from the very name. On the female side he was of the Alcmeonidae, ² who left behind a glorious memorial of their wealth; for Alcmeon ³ was the first Athenian to win at Olympia with a team of horses, and the goodwill which they had toward the people they displayed in the time of the tyrants. For they were kinsmen of Pisistratus ⁴ and before he came to power were closest to him of all the citizens, but they refused to share his tyranny; on the contrary, they preferred exile rather than to see their fellow-citizens enslaved.