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Harmodius (Greek: Ἁρμόδιος, Harmódios) and Aristogeiton (Ἀριστογείτων, Aristogeíton; both died 514 BC) were two lovers in Classical Athens who became known as the Tyrannicides (τυραννόκτονοι, tyrannoktonoi) for their assassination of Hipparchus, the brother of the tyrant Hippias, for which they were executed.
Harmodius and Aristogeiton, tyrannicides who, according to popular but erroneous legend, freed Athens from the Peisistratid tyrants. However, they only managed to kill Hipparchus, the brother of tyrant Hippias. Both Harmodius and Aristogeiton died, and Hippias became more ruthless.
Jan 8, 2018 · Harmodius and Aristogeiton: the citizens of Athens knew the names of these lovers all too well in the 6th century BC. But it isn’t their love story that captured attention. These two men are remembered in history for how they received their nickname - the Tyrannicides.
Harmodius and Aristogeiton (†514 BCE): half-legendary tyrannicides, who killed the brother of the tyrant Hippias. Statue of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, the Tyrannicides, from the Baths of Caracalla in Rome. After the measures of Solon (594/593 BCE), factional strife was destabilizing Athens.
Harmodios and Aristogeiton were honoured for bringing an end to tyranny and restoring democracy in Athens in 514 BCE. In the early fifth century BCE the emerging democracy in Athens was crushed by the coming to power of two tyrants, Hippias and Hipparchos.
A sculptural pairing of the tyrannicides Harmodius and Aristogeiton (Ancient Greek: Ἁρμόδιος καὶ Ἀριστογείτων, romanized: Harmodios, Aristogeitōn) was well known in the ancient world in two major versions but survives only in Roman marble copies.
Harmodius and Aristogeiton were two lovers in Classical Athens who became known as the Tyrannicides for their assassination of Hipparchus, the brother of the tyrant Hippias, for which they were executed.
