(see entry (2) in Perseus Encyclopedia) (Peisistratos, Peisistratus, Pisistratos) tyrant of Athens; Pisistratus reigned as the tyrant of Athens three times, his first reign began in 560 BCE, his second in 558 BCE and his third in 546 BCE and lasted until his death in 528 BCE; Pisistratus came to power in usual ways, Herodotus describes these in his...
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Athenian tyrant. Although of noble family, he became the leader of the anti-aristocratic party, and seized power in 561 BC. He was twice expelled, but recovered power securely from 546 BC until his death. Ruling as a tyrant under constitutional forms (the historians Herodotus and Thucydides both attest that he left the rules and regulations of ...
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