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The interpretation of Herodotus 6.107, where it is a question of Hippias, son of Pisistratus and where a tooth figures as a phallic symbol, a phenomenon well documented elsewhere.
http://www.wm.edu/herodotus/details.php?herodid=413   (29 words)

  
 herodotus_text_1
Afterwards, still with the same mares, he won the prize a third time; whereupon he was put to death by the sons of Pisistratus, whose father was no longer living.
The same success had likewise been achieved once previously, to wit, by the mares of Evagoras the Lacedaemonian, but never except by them.
The barbarians were conducted to Marathon by Hippias.
http://classics.uc.edu/hooker/cc111/herodotus_text_1.html   (2980 words)

  
 Hippias (tyrant) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Spartans later thought that a free, democratic Athens would be dangerous to Spartan power, and attempted to recall Hippias and reestablish the tyranny.
His brother Hipparchus, who may have ruled jointly with him, was murdered by Harmodius and Aristogeiton (the Tyrannicides) in 514 BC.
A Spartan force under Anchimolius was sent to help, but Hippias and his family, the Pisistratidae, allied with Cineas of Thessaly, and the Spartans and Alcmaeonidae were at first defeated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippias_(son_of_Pisistratus)   (320 words)

  
 Athens
From another wife, he was said to be the father of Oeneus, the Attic hero eponym of one of the ten tribes later instituted by Cleisthenes.
Erichthonius was succeeded by Pandion, the son he had had with his wife, the Naiad Praxithea.
And his father Xouthus was the son of Hellen (the son of Deucalion, eponym of the Hellenes, that is, the Greeks as a whole) and the brother of Dorus (the eponym of the Dorians) and Æolus (the eponym of the Æolians).
http://plato-dialogues.org/tools/loc/athens.htm   (5201 words)

  
 Miltiades
It is unclear whether he did so because he was pressed or because he was simply loyal to his king.
Later traditions presented Miltiades as an opponent of the tyrant and his son Hippias, but this is probably not the whole truth, because we know from an inscription that he occupied the office of archont in 524/523, which suggests that he cooperated with the ruling family.
His son Metiochus was captured and deported to Persia, where he seems to have married and lived happily ever after.
http://www.livius.org/mi-mn/miltiades/miltiades.html   (1403 words)

  
 Arms and the Greeks
The tyrant does not begin his worst abuses until after he has disarmed his victims.
Incidentally, Pisistratus maintained a peaceful foreign policy, "probably because he dared not allow the Athenian citizenry to bear arms in a major war," according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Although The Athenian Constitution was not available to the American Founders, many of the political events described in the book were known to the founders through other sources.
http://www.libertysoft.com/liberty/features/76kopel.html   (1568 words)

  
 Archons of Athens
517 BC-511 BC Unknown Hipparchus (son of Pisistratus)Hipparchus assassinated around 514 BC/
190 BC-189 BC Hippias (?) Theodosius is possibly a thesmothete
528 BC-527 BC Philoneus Hippias (son of Pisistratus)Hippias and Hipparchus (son of Pisistratus)Hipparchus succeed Pisistratus as tyrant/s
http://www.infothis.com/find/Archons_of_Athens   (1836 words)

  
 Tyrant
Pisistratus' sons Hippias (son of Pisistratus)Hippias and Hipparchus (son of Pisistratus)Hipparchus/, on the other hand, were overthrown, and Hipparchus was assassinated.
For instance, Pisistratus was remembered for an episode (related by Aristotle but possibly fictional) in which he exempted a farmer from taxation because of the particular barrenness of his plot.
Cypselus was the first tyrant of Corinth in the 7th century BC, and managed to bequeath his position to his son, Periander.
http://www.infothis.com/find/Tyrant   (682 words)

  
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510 BC -- Hippias, son of Pisistratus and tyrant of Athens, is expelled by a popular revolt supported by Cleomenes I, King of Sparta and his forces.
http://wikipedia.openfun.org/wiki/510s_BC   (199 words)

  
 510s BC article - 510s BC Centuries 7th century 6th century 5th century Decades 560s 550s - What-Means.com
510 BC -- Hippias, son of Pisistratus and tyrant of Athens, was expelled by a popular revolt supported by Cleomenes I, King of Sparta and his forces.
http://www.what-means.com/encyclopedia/510s_BC   (211 words)

  
 510s BC
\n* 510 BC -- Hippias, son of Pisistratus and tyrant of Athens, was expelled by a popular revolt supported by Cleomenes I, King of Sparta and his forces.
http://encyclopedia.codeboy.net/wikipedia/5/51/510s_bc.html   (225 words)

  
 cleomenes i
Although Dorieus was the son of Anaxandrides' first wife and therefore had a better claim to the throne according to tradition, Cleomenes succeeded his father around 520 BC.
The first attack on Athens was a failure, but Cleomenes personally led the second attack and besieged Hippias and his supporters on the Acropolis.
Around 510 BC the Alcmaeonidae family, who had been exiled from Athens, requested that Sparta help them overthrow Hippias, the son of Pisistratus and tyrant of Athens.
http://www.yourencyclopedia.net/Cleomenes_I.html   (584 words)

  
 The Battle of Marathon
It seemed also that Hippias had in his mind the battle between his father's, Pisistratus, army and the army of their political opponents in that same plain forty seven years earlier.
The Athenians at that time had just expelled Hippias, the son of Pisistratus, their last tyrant.
It was he who said to Datis and Artafernis to land at Marathon.
http://www.mcm.aueb.gr/ment/spetses/Lymperopoulos/pw_cont07.htm   (166 words)

  
 Hipparchus (son of Pisistratus) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Hipparchus (son of Pisistratus)
After the assassination, Hippias became a more bitter and cruel tyrant, and was overthrown a few years later.
While Hippias was responsible for the political and economic aspects of the tyranny, Hipparchus was a patron of the arts; it was Hipparchus who invited Simonides of Ceos to Athens.
Hipparchus was one of the sons of Pisistratus who became tyrant of Athens when Pisistratus died in 527 BC.
http://www.encyclopedia-glossary.com/en/Hipparchus-son-of-Pisistratus.html   (242 words)

  
 The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the Wo by Edward Shepherd Creasy
The Athenians, at this time, had recently expelled Hippias, the son of Pisistratus, the last of their tyrants.
One of his galleys, on board of which was his eldest son Metiochus, was actually captured.
The inaction of the Asiatic commanders during this interval appears strange at first sight; but Hippias was with them, and they and he were aware of their chance of a bloodless conquest through the machinations of his partisans among the Athenians.
http://www.4literature.net/Edward_Shepherd_Creasy/The_Fifteen_Decisive_Battles_of_the_Wo/4.html   (1284 words)

  
 Hippias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Friedrich Ast denies their authenticity, but they must have been written by a contemporary writer (as they are mentioned in the literature of the 4th century), and undoubtedly represent the attitude of serious thinkers to the growing influence of the professional Sophists.
Hippias can also refer to a son of Pisistratus and a tyrant of Athens.
There is, however, no question that Hippias did a real service to Greek literature by insisting on the meaning of words, the value of rhythm and literary style.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippias   (401 words)

  
 List of ancient Greeks
Demetrius the Fair - son of Demetrius I Poliorcetes
Kerykes - one of the families who ran the Eleusinian mysteries
Ptolemy Philadelphus - son of Antony and Cleopatra
http://hallencyclopedia.com/List_of_ancient_Greeks   (1302 words)

  
 Hippias - OneLook Dictionary Search
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