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archaic period in
Ancient Greece,
primarily known for the
events of the
Cylonian Affair, an
attempted seizure of
power in the city. Cylon, one of the Athenian...
- that the
phrase "not very long after"
refers instead to the more-recent
Cylonian affair. Aristotle's
undefined use of "Prytanes"
refers to a
number of Athenian...
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altar with an
inscription dedicated to that god (possibly
connected to the
Cylonian affair), and, when
invited to
speak to the
Athenian elite at the Areopagus...
- as to the
razing of the
Alcamaeonid houses. Of the many
sources on the
Cylonian conspiracy, only
Isocrates mentions kataskaphe.
There have been a large...
- Epimenides, the wise man
invited by the
Athenians to
clean the city
after the
Cylonian affair (Cyloneio agos) in the 6th
century BCE, was a
Cretan who may have...
- BC Roman-Latin wars
Roman Kingdom Roman Republic Latins 632 BC 632 BC
Cylonian Affair Athens Cylon of
Athens Megara 626 BC 626 BC
Revolt of
Babylon (626...
- his
rival Cleisthenes was to be
expelled from the city due to the old
Cylonian curse. Cleisthenes, however, was ****isted by the
support of the middle...
- was a
lustratio held to
purify Athens by
Epimenides of Crete,
after the
Cylonian m****acre.
Another example of this
ceremony involved was that of the army...
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mention of the term is in
Herodotus (v. 71),
where it is
stated that the
Cylonian conspiracy in 632 BC was put down by the "Prytaneis (chief men) of the...
