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http://agathe.gr/democracy/overthrow_and_revolution.html Overthrow and Revolution In 514 B.C. the tyrant Hipparchos was stabbed to death. The murder, actually the result of a love feud, was quickly deemed a political act of assassination and the perpetrators, ... Overthrow and Revolution In 514 B.C. the tyrant Hipparchos was stabbed to death. ... This fragment is probably part of the original base under the statues of Harmodios and Aristogeiton, who assassinated Hipparchos. Only part of the inscription is preserved, the name of Harmodios and the phrase "established their native land." ... Herodotus regards them as more significant than the tyrannicides in bringing an end to the Peisistratid tyranny: Indeed, in my judgement it was the Alkmaeonidai much more than Harmodios and Aristogeiton who liberated Athens; for the latter two by their murder of Hipparchos merely exasperated the remaining members of the clan, without in any way checking their despotism, while the Alkmaeonidai did, in plain fact, actually bring about the liberation. |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/tyranny.html 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. Such tyrannies were a common feature of Greek political life as states made the transition from an aristocracy to either a democracy or an oligarchy. ... Matters changed with the death of Peisistratos when his two sons Hippias and Hipparchos took over in 527 B.C. Aristotle describes the characters of the two brothers: Affairs were now under the authority of Hipparchos and Hippias, owing to their station and their ages, but the government was controlled by Hippias, who was the elder and was statesmanlike and wise by nature; whereas Hipparchos was fond of amusement and lovemaking and had literary tastes; it was he who brought to Athens the poets such as Anakreon and Simonides, and the others. |
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