After athens lost the peloponnesian war to sparta, the rights of its citizens were sharply limited. a group called the thirty tyrants ruled athens. what of these types of government describes the rule by a select few?
a.
aristocracy
b.
monarchy
c.
oligarchy
d.
plutocracy

C. oligarchy  

The Spartan general, Lysander, selected a new leadership of thirty men who had pro-Spartan sediments. These were the Oligarchs or the Thirty.

C

Explanation:

An oligarchy is defined as a form of government where political power rest in the hands of a few people. The people who are ruled by an oligarchy usually have few rights and those rights they do have can usually be taken away if the oligarch chooses to do so.

it broke up the ottoman empire (just a small fact) and the turkish leaders lost many soldiers.