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Mar 5, 2021 · Peisistratus was a ruler of Athens during the 6 th century BC. Peisistratus was an absolute ruler, and seized power in Athens through trickery and force. Therefore, he is considered to be a “tyrant,” though this does not necessarily have the negative connotations that is attached to this title today.
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Apr 1, 2024 · 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.
- The Nature of Tyranny
- Tyrants of Corinth
- Tyrants of Athens
- Conclusion
The word 'tyrant' carries with it a negative connotation. A tyrant is a ruler whose absolute power exists outside of the law; therefore, a tyrant is never required to give an explanation of his actions, good or bad, to his citizenry. The 17th-century English philosopher John Lockewrote in his essay on civil government: "Tyranny is the exercise of p...
The 7th and 6th centuries BCE witnessed a number of tyrants in both Corinth and Athens. Among those who rose to prominence in Corinth were Cypselus (c. 657-627 BCE) and his son Periander (627-587 BCE). Drawing support from the wealthy elite of Corinth, Cypselus came to power upon the overthrow of the aristocratic Bacchiadae, the family of his mothe...
The constitution introduced by the Athenian tyrant Draco (c. 621 BCE) was the first time Athenian law was put into writing. Draco enacted a series of callous laws where even minor offenses such as stealing fruit and vegetables carried severe penalties. While these smaller offenses often deserved death, there was no more severe penalty for greater o...
According to some sources, tyranny was often a regrettable but necessary road towards democracy. However, in his book The Republic Plato (l. 428/427 to 348/347 BCE) claimed that the nature of tyranny arises from democracy, positing that "an excessive desire for liberty at the expense of everything else is what undermines democracy and leads to the ...
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Aaron the Tyrant (Romanian: Aron Tiranul) or Aron Vodă ("Aron the Voivode"; Church Slavonic: Apѡн вода), sometimes credited as Aron Emanoil or Emanuel Aaron (German: Aaron Waida, Italian: Aaron Vaivoda, Turkish: Arvan or Zalim; before 1560 – May 1597), was twice the Prince of Moldavia: between September 1591 and June 1592, and October 1592 to May 3 or 4, 1595.
Jan 8, 2018 · (Public Domain) Harmodius, Aristogeiton, and the Tyrant (s) of Athens. Little is known about Harmodius and Aristogeiton prior to their assassination of Hipparchus. According to the ancient historian Herodotus, the two were Gephyraeans, a clan that claimed to have originated in Eretria.
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Aaron the Tyrant or Aron Vodă , sometimes credited as Aron Emanoil or Emanuel Aaron , was twice the Prince of Moldavia: between September 1591 and June 1592, and October 1592 to May 3 or 4, 1595. He was of mysterious origin, and possibly of Jewish extraction, but presented himself as the son of Alexandru Lăpușneanu, and was recognized as ...
“Tyrant” became the word by which the ancient Greeks denoted men who had essentially become monarchs in an elicit way, often by simply seizing power. A. Andrewes, in his influential but outdated monograph The Greek Tyrants (published way back in 1956), claimed that Greek tyrants rose to power through a combination of popular and military support.
