-
Pisistratus (also
spelled Peisistratus or Peisistratos;
Ancient Gr****: Πεισίστρατος Peisistratos; c. 600 BC – 527 BC) was a
politician in
ancient Athens...
-
point Athens annexed Eleutherae—most
likely after the
overthrow of the
Peisistratid tyranny in 510 and the
democratic reforms of
Cleisthenes in 508–07 BCE—and...
- last
tyrant of Athens,
ruling from 527 to 510 BC. He was one of the
Peisistratids, a
group of
tyrants from the same
family in
ancient Greece. His father...
- an
adaptation of a
similar affair which led to the
expulsion of the
Peisistratid tyranny in
Athens also c. 510 BC. Moreover, ****ual
violence against innocent...
- the
prominent Philaid clan. He came of age
during the
tyranny of the
Peisistratids. His
family was prominent, due in good part to
their success with Olympic...
- who
became known as the
tyrannicides (τυραννοκτόνοι)
after killing the
Peisistratid ruler Hipparchus, and were the
preeminent symbol of
democracy to ancient...
- from his name,
Iphicratids (Gr****: Ἰφικρατίδες). The
bodyguards of the
Peisistratid tyrants were
called wolf-feet (Λυκόποδες).
According to one theory, they...
-
Archedice (Ancient Gr****: Ἀρχεδίκη),
daughter of
Hippias the
Peisistratid, and
given in
marriage by him
after the
death of
Hipparchus to Aeantides, son...
-
Peisistratids...
-
rival of the
Alcmaeonidae in the 6th and 5th
centuries BC were the
Peisistratids.
Unlike many
aristocratic families at the time, the
Alcmaeonidae were...
