The movie that we are watching in west civ is about chlysthenese's life in ancient greece. He was the son of a rich man. In the movie they talk about his life and how he came to power in athens. He came to athens with the "athenian god athena" who was really a girl from a neighboring village. They suprisingly believed him and then he took power. Like many great rulers before him, they thought he would be a great ruler since he was under the supervision of a "goddess". One of chlysthenese's goals was to pass down power to his son.