The four tribes of attica had originally been brought together under a monarchy by theseus but by c.700bc , power was in the hands of a class of hereditary nobles , the eupatridae .

阿提卡的四个部落最初被由忒修斯统治下的君主国家统一，但是到公元前700年左右，权力落入了世袭贵族阶级元老手中。