Athenian coup of 411 BC state of Athens remained an anomaly, however, as the rest of the Greek city states were run either as tyrannies or, most often, by oligarchies. Both Thucydides and Aristotle wrote that "the revolution was provoked by defeat in Sicily." Despite the democracy in Athens, Greek tradition remained aristocratic, and the works of Homer celebrated an aristocratic world view, where the nobles made decisions and the commoners obeyed. The poems of Theognis of Megara (from the sixth century BC) and the Theban poet Pindar (of the fifth century BC) were popular among the Athenian nobles at this time, casting democracy as
Get Him to the Greek overseas bringing its worldwide total to $91.3 million, against a production budget of $40 million. In its opening weekend, the film debuted second at the box office behind "Shrek Forever After" with a gross of $17.6 million. The film fell to fourth the following week with a weekend gross of $10.1 million. In the UK, "Get Him to the Greek" opened at No. 1 grossing £1.6 million in its first week before dropping to No. 2 the following week with takings of £1 million. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes "Get Him to the Greek" has an approval rating of