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Peisistratos (Pisistratus)
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Abstract
Peisistratos (ca. 605/600
bce
– 528/527
bce
) was tyrant at Athens continuously from 547/46
bce
until his death. His rule quietened the chronic
stasis
that plagued Athens and further stimulated an economic and cultural flourishing that continued under his sons Hipparchos and Hippias. Although the Athenians of the fifth century
bce
regarded the tyranny negatively and that negativity impacted the record of the regime in our sources, positive memories of Peisistratos and his sons survived to suggest that the Athenians regarded the Peisistratid era with some ambiguity.
Title: Peisistratos (Pisistratus)
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Abstract
Peisistratos (ca.
605/600
bce
– 528/527
bce
) was tyrant at Athens continuously from 547/46
bce
until his death.
His rule quietened the chronic
stasis
that plagued Athens and further stimulated an economic and cultural flourishing that continued under his sons Hipparchos and Hippias.
Although the Athenians of the fifth century
bce
regarded the tyranny negatively and that negativity impacted the record of the regime in our sources, positive memories of Peisistratos and his sons survived to suggest that the Athenians regarded the Peisistratid era with some ambiguity.
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