<span>Greeks lived in independent sity-states
like Athens, Sparta, Thebes and others. For a long time, there was
rivalry among these states that led to Spartan hegemony and then a short
lived Thebes hegemony.</span>
They actually tried to avoid him being elected entirely. Through almost every ballot box in the southern states, his name wasn’t even on the ballot for voting.
the answer is C, the OPEC oil embargo :)