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Hipparchus (brother of Hippias)

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only to publicly disqualify her on the grounds that she was not a virgin. Harmodius and Aristogeiton then organized a revolt for the Panathenaic Games but they panicked and attacked too early. Although they killed Hipparchus, Harmodius was killed by his bodyguard and Aristogeiton was arrested,
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After the assassination of his brother, Hippias is said to have become a bitter and cruel tyrant, and was overthrown a few years later in 510 BC by the
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literally means "one who takes power by force", as opposed to a ruler who inherited a monarchy or was chosen in some way. It carried no
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periods. However, according to Thucydides, Hippias was the only 'tyrant'. Both Hipparchus and his father
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enjoyed the popular support of the people. Hipparchus was a patron of the arts; it was he who invited
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of the city of Athens from 528/527 BC until his assassination by the
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Death of the tyrant Hipparchus, by the Syriskos Painter, 475–470 BC
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In 514 BC, Hipparchus was assassinated by the tyrannicides,
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Hipparchus was said by some Greek authors to have been the
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Hipparchus (son of Peisistratos)

Pisistratus


Ancient Greek
Ἵππαρχος
romanized
ruling class
Athens
Pisistratus
tyrant
tyrannicides
Harmodius and Aristogeiton
tyrant
Athens
Hippias
Peisistratos
pejorative
Archaic
Classical
Pisistratus
Simonides of Ceos
Harmodius and Aristogeiton
Herodotus
Thucydides
Panathenaic Festival
kanephoros
Spartan
Cleomenes I

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