Look up: harmodius

1. Harmodius
   conspirator against the Greek tyrants Hippias and Hipparchus; he and his friend Aristogeiton hatched a plan to kill the two tyrants in 514 BCE, however they were only successful in the killing of Hipparchus; Thucydides recounts their plan and its outcome in his history text.
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2. Harmodius
   (lived late 6th century BC) Athenian who conspired with Aristogeiton to murder the the tyrants Hippias and read more

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