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Apr 2, 2023 · Pisistratus, along with his sons Hippias and Hipparchus, ruled as some of the earliest Tyrants in Athenian history, but surprisingly they enjoyed a fairly go...
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Jun 20, 2024 · Episode 7: The History of Pisistratus and his Tyranny amidst political and family feuds in Athens. A profound look through competing dynasties over Power in Athens and how it shaped the History...
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Peisistratus died from natural causes and at the age of Peisistratos in 527 BC, when he was succeeded by Peisistratos. Peisistratus was at times tyrant in Ancient Athens, for a total of...
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Pisistratus (also spelled Peisistratus or Peisistratos; Greek: Πεισίστρατος Peisistratos; c. 600 BC – 527 BC) was a politician in ancient Athens, ruling as tyrant in the late 560s, the early 550s and from 546 BC until his death.
Mar 5, 2021 · Peisistratus came from the eastern part of Attica. The future Tyrant of Athens is said to have been named after Peisistratus of Pylos, a character in Homer’s Odyssey. The Peisistratus of the Odyssey was the youngest son of King Nestor, and a close friend of Odysseus’ son, Telemachus.
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Peisistratus (born 6th century—died 527 bce) was a tyrant of ancient Athens whose unification of Attica and consolidation and rapid improvement of Athens’s prosperity helped to make possible the city’s later preeminence in Greece.
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Market scene, from The Greeks documentary. When Pisistratus became tyrant of Athens in 547 BC it marked a change of direction for the city-state and the surrounding land of Attica, which despite...
