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[Agora Image] 2012.57.1399 (86-40)

Ostrakon of Peisistratos ... PD 1866-1 AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Ostrakon of Peisistratos.

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[Agora Monument] Altar of the Twelve Gods

Religious Peisistratos the Younger Limestone Fair, foundations and sill and paving preserved ... 550-500 B.C ... Peisistratos the Younger

[Agora Publication] Arnush (1995): The Career of Peisistratos Son of Hippias

Arnush, Michael F ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 64.2 2 135-162 10.2307_148051 ... 1995 ... The Career of Peisistratos Son of Hippias

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0331 (German Institute AB 175)

Late drain channel by the old basin of Peisistratos ... Horizontal (normal) ... Late drain channel by the old basin of Peisistratos.

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0337 (German Institute AB 35)

End of the rock-cut conduit of Peisistratos below the Pnyx ... south Horizontal (normal) ... End of the rock-cut conduit of Peisistratos below the Pnyx.

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0333 (German Institute AB 177)

The remains at the southeast corner of the Fountain House of Peisistratos ... Horizontal (normal) ... The remains at the southeast corner of the Fountain House of Peisistratos.

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0336 (German Institute AB 34)

End of the rock-cut water conduit of Peisistratos beneath the Pnyx ... southwest Horizontal (normal) ... End of the rock-cut water conduit of Peisistratos beneath the Pnyx.

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0294 (German Institute AB 44)

South end of the Amyneion; in foreground, the Fountain House. a) Roman floor northeast of great basin; b) well opening; c) boundary wall of Amyneion; d) block from Fountain House of Peisistratos. See no ... east Horizontal (normal) ... South end of the Amyneion; in foreground, the Fountain House. a) Roman floor northeast of great basin; b) well opening; c) boundary wall of Amyneion; d) block from Fountain House of Peisistratos. See no. 103.

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Tyranny

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Tyranny As happened in many other Greek states, a tyrant arose in Athens in the 6th century B.C. His name was Peisistratos, and after several unsuccessful attempts he seized power in 546 B.C. and ruled ... His name was Peisistratos, and after several unsuccessful attempts he seized power in 546 B.C. and ruled until his death in 527, after which he was succeeded by his two sons, Hippias and Hipparchos. ... For 599/1 B.C. we can read the name of the younger Peisistratos, grandson of the founder of the tyranny. ... Matters changed with the death of Peisistratos when his two sons Hippias and Hipparchos took over in 527 B.C.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 265, p. 255

Odeion. Parmenides. Parrhasios. Parsley. Parthenon. Odyssey. Patrokleides. Oedipus. Pausanias. Offices, public. Oikema (prison etc.). Peace. Oineus. Oinoe, battle-painting. Pegasos of Eleutherai. Olbiades ... Agora 3 255 ... Peisistratos ... Peisistratos, son of Hippias

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Altar of the Twelve Gods

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Altar of the Twelve Gods Near the middle of the open square, somewhat to the north, lay the Altar of the Twelve Gods (Fig. 7), today largely hidden under the Athens–Piraeus railway (1891). A corner of ... Thucydides tells us the younger Peisistratos, grandson of the tyrant, established the altar in the Agora during his archonship (522/1 B.C.). ... "Amongst those of the Peisistratids who held the annual magistracy at Athens was Peisistratos, son of Hippias the tyrant (named after his grandfather), who during his archonship set up the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Agora and the Altar of Apollo in the shrine of Apollo Pythios.

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Southeast Fountain House

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Southeast Fountain House The slight traces just south of the Church of the Holy Apostles have been identified as the remains of an early fountain house (Figs. 33, 34). The identification is based on a ... Pausanias identified this building as the Enneakrounos (nine-spouted) fountain, built in the 6th century B.C. by the tyrant Peisistratos, but Thucydides -- who presumably knew better -- locates that famous monument south of the Acropolis, below the sanctuary of Olympian Zeus.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 31, s. 50, p. 27

Well. Peisistratos and the Eleusinian Sanctuaries. Herodotos, 1.64.2. Thucydides, 3. 104.1. Shear, 1978, pp. 4-5. Shear, 1994, pp. 228-230. Shapiro, Art and Cult, pp. 18-47. Shapiro, Art and Cult. Shear, ... Agora 31 27 R 17:3 S 22:1 S 21:2 ... Peisistratos and the Eleusinian Sanctuaries

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 202, p. 183

Kimon. Messene: herm at city gates. Kimonian herms. Metalwork, archaic Greek imitated in Roman times. Kleon, G. Quintus, marathonios, archon. Korai. Mikkiades. Miletos: archaistic dancers from theater ... Agora 11 183 ... Peisistratos, son of Hippias

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 31, s. 11, p. xi

Select Bibliography and Abbreviations; General Works. Agora 1, Evelyn B. Harrison, Portrait Sculpture, 1953. Agora 3, R.E. Wycherley, Literary and Epigraphical Testimonia, 1957, reprinted 1973. Agora 4, ... Agora 31 xi ... Boardman, J., 1972, Heracles, Peisistratos, and Sons, RA, pp. 57-72 ... Herakles, Peisistratos, and Eleusis, JHS 90, pp. 1-12 ... Herakles, Peisistratos and the Unconvinced, JHS 109, pp. 158-159

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Democracy

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Introduction Classical Athens saw the rise of an achievement unparalleled in history. Perikles, Aischylos, Sophokles, Plato, Demosthenes, and Praxiteles represent just a few of the statesmen and philosophers, ... The Agora seems to have been laid out as a public area late in the 6th century B.C., presumably under the tyrant Peisistratos and his sons.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 277, p. 252

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Oropos. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Peisistratos. The Athenian Agora; ... Agora 14 252 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Peisistratos ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Peisistratos; Sons of Peisistratos ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Peisistratos; Younger Peisistratos

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 281, p. 256

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Temples; Early in Agora. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Tholos; Floor ... Agora 14 256 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Tyrants; See Hippias, Hipparchos and Peisistratos

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 24, s. 172, p. 148

The Athenian Agora 24; Late Antiquity A.D. 267-700; Index; General Index; Longinus. The Athenian Agora 24; Late Antiquity A.D. 267-700; Index; General Index; Olympiodorus. The Athenian Agora 24; Late Antiquity ... Agora 24 148 ... The Athenian Agora 24; Late Antiquity A.D. 267-700; Index; General Index; Peisistratos