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	Harmodius and Aristogeiton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harmodius (circa 530 BC - 514 BC) and Aristogeiton (circa 550 BC - 514 BC), known as "the Liberators" and "the Tyrannicides", became heroes in Athens through their role in the overthrow of the Tyranny of the Peisistratid family.
		Hipparchus, spurned, avenged himself by having Harmodius' young sister disqualified from carrying a ceremonial offering basket at the Panathenaea festival on the pretext she was not a virgin, as was required.
		The story of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, and its treatment by later Greek writers, is illustrative of attitudes to homosexuality in ancient Greece.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harmodius_and_Aristogeiton (1149 words)

	Harmodius and Aristogeiton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Harmodius (circa 530 BC - 514BC) and Aristogeiton (circa 550 BC - 514 BC), known as "the Liberators" and "the Tyrannicides", became heroes in Athens through their role in the overthrow of the Tyranny of thePeisistratid family.
		Harmodius was the eromenos (younger lover) of Aristogeiton, whom Thucydides describes as "a citizenthen in middle rank of life" - possibly aged about 35 and a member of one of the old aristrocratic families.
		When Harmodius rejected Hipparchus, and told Aristogeiton what had happened, Hipparchus decided to avenge this insult byhaving Harmodius's sister removed from partipation in one of the ceremonies of the festival of the Panathenaea, on the grounds that she was not a virgin, as was required.
	www.therfcc.org /harmodius-and-aristogeiton-146979.html (777 words)

	glbtq >> arts >> Subjects of the Visual Arts: Harmodius and Aristogeiton
		Harmodius was killed on the spot, and Aristogeiton was executed under torture.
		It may also be significant that Harmodius and Aristogeiton, one aristocratic and the other lower in rank, bridged class barriers, representing a particularly democratic mode of sexuality, which was later to be celebrated by such English gay writers as Edward Carpenter and E. Forster.
		Harmodius and Aristogeiton stand in a long line of homoerotic couples celebrated in the ancient world: Zeus and Ganymede, Apollo and Hyacinthus, Hercules and Hylas, Achilles and Patroclus, Orestes and Pylades, David and Jonathan, Gilgamesh and Enkidu, Nisus and Euryalus, Hadrian and Antinous, and Castor and Pollux.
	www.glbtq.com /arts/subjects_harmodius.html (1074 words)

	Harmodius - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Harmodius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Aristogeiton escaped but was later captured and put to death by Hippias.
		, Harmodius and Aristogeiton came to be known as ‘tyrannicides’ and regarded as patriots and martyrs.
		Harmodius and Aristogeiton informed a few friends of their plans, and as the moment for the assassination approached, they saw one of their accomplices talking with Hippias, and jumped to the conclusion that they had been betrayed.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Harmodius (320 words)

	HARMODIUS - LoveToKnow Article on HARMODIUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Hipparchus, the younger brother of the tyrant Hippias, endeavoured to supplant Aristogeiton in the good graces of Harmodius, but, failing in the attempt, revenged himself by putting a public affront on Harmodiuss sister at a solemn festival.
		Harmodius was cut down on the spot by the guards, and Aristogeiton was soon captured and tortured to death.
		When Hippias was expelled (510), Harmodius and Aristogeiton became the most popular of Athenian heroes; their descendants were exempted from public burdens, and had the right of public entertainment in the Prytaneum, and their names were celebrated in popular songs and scolia (after-dinner songs) as the deliverers of Athens.
	72.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HA/HARMODIUS.htm (264 words)

	Harmodius and Aristogeiton - Freepedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Harmodius was the eromenos (younger lover) of Aristogeiton, whom Thucydides describes as "a citizen then in middle rank of life" - possibly aged about 35 and a member of one of the old aristrocratic families.
		When Harmodius rejected Hipparchus, and told Aristogeiton what had happened, Hipparchus decided to avenge this insult by having Harmodius's sister removed from partipation in one of the ceremonies of the festival of the Panathenaea, on the grounds that she was not a virgin, as was required.
		It shows idealised portraits of the two heroes: a nude, clean-shaven Harmodius (with a much more adult physique than he would actually have had), thrusting a sword forward in his upraised left hand, and the bearded Aristogeiton with a rock in his left arm, over which a chlamys, or cape, is draped.
	en.freepedia.org /index.php?title=Harmodius_and_Aristogeiton&printable=yes (814 words)

	Matt & Andrej Koymasky - Famous GLTB - Aristogeiton
		Indeed, the daring action of Aristogeiton and Harmodius was undertaken in consequence of a love affair, which I shall relate at some length, to show that the Athenians are not more accurate than the rest of the world in their accounts of their own tyrants and of the facts of their own history.
		Harmodius was then in the flower of youthful beauty, and Aristogeiton, a citizen in the middle rank of life, was his lover and possessed him.
		Aristogeiton and Harmodius were to begin, but were to be supported immediately by their accomplices against the bodyguard.
	andrejkoymasky.com /liv/fam/bioa3/aris3.html (466 words)

	cciv243.Harmodius&Aristogiton.html
		Of the two of them Harmodius was at once dispatched by the spearmen, and Aristogeiton died later, having been taken into custody and tortured for a long time.
		Harmodius was then in the flower of youthful beauty, and Aristogiton, a citizen in the middle rank of life, was his lover and possessed him.
		Aristogiton and Harmodius were to begin, but were to be supported immediately by their accomplices against the bodyguard.
	mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu /cciv243/cciv243.Harm&Aristog.html (1144 words)

	Hipparchus (tyrant) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 514 BC Hipparchus was murdered by the Tyrannicides, Harmodius and Aristogeiton.
		This was apparently a personal dispute, according to Herodotus and Thucydides; Hipparchus had fallen in love with Harmodius, who was already the lover of Aristogeiton.
		When Harmodius rejected him, Hipparchus refused to allow Harmodius' sister to participate in a religious festival, insinuating that she was not a virgin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hipparchus_(son_of_Pisistratus) (171 words)

	Matt & Andrej Koymasky - Famous GLTB - Harmodius & Aristogeiton
		"Harmodius was in the flower of his youth, and Aristogeiton, a citizen of the middle class, became his lover.
		Harmodius and Aristogeiton were to begin the attack, and the rest were immediately to join in, and engage with the guards.
		Harmodius and Aristogeiton, who were ready with their daggers, stepped forward to do the deed.
	andrejkoymasky.com /liv/fam/bioh1/harm1.html (614 words)

	Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Aristogiton was a citizen of the middle class; Harmodius a youth distinguished by the comeliness of his person.
		By his orders, the sister of Harmodius was invited to take part in a procession, as bearer of one of the sacred vessels.
		It was agreed that Harmodius and Aristogiton should give the signal by stabbing Hippias, while their friends kept off his guards, and that they should trust to the general disposition in favour of liberty for the further success of their undertaking.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0062:id=harmodius (723 words)

	Hipparchus (son of Pisistratus) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		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.
		This was apparently apersonal dispute, according to Herodotus and Thucydides ; Hipparchus had fallen in love with Harmodius, who was already the lover of Aristogeiton.
		WhenHarmodius rejected him, Hipparchus refused to allow Harmodius' sister to participate in a religious festival, insinuating thatshe was not a virgin.
	www.therfcc.org /hipparchus-son-of-pisistratus--48997.html (157 words)

	HARMODIUS - Online Information article about HARMODIUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		HARMODIUS, a handsome Athenian youth, and the intimate friend of Aristogeiton.
		Harmodius was cut down on the spot by the See also:
		When Hippias was expelled (510), Harmodius and Aristogeiton became the most popular of Athenian heroes; their descendants were exempted from public burdens, and had the right of public entertainment in the See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /HAN_HEG/HARMODIUS.html (330 words)

	The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
		Indeed, the daring action of Aristogiton and Harmodius was undertaken in consequence of a love affair, which I shall relate at some length, to show that the Athenians are not more accurate than the rest of the world in their accounts of their own tyrants and of the facts of their own history.
		Solicited without success by Hipparchus, son of Pisistratus, Harmodius told Aristogiton, and the enraged lover, afraid that the powerful Hipparchus might take Harmodius by force, immediately formed a design, such as his condition in life permitted, for overthrowing the tyranny.
		For the rest, the city was left in full enjoyment of its existing laws, except that care was always taken to have the offices in the hands of some one of the family.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/pwh/thuc6.html (841 words)

	Tyrannenmörder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Aristogeiton wurde gefangen genommen und später nach grausamem Verhör auf der Athener Akropolis umgebracht.
		zu Ehren von Harmodios und Aristogeiton vom Bildhauer Antenor auf der Athener Agora eine Statuengruppe errichten.
		Aristogeiton ist der bärtige und somit als der ältere der beiden Dargestellten charakterisiert.
	www.bekannte-fussballvereine.de /Tyrannenm%F6rder (672 words)

	glbtq >> arts >> Patronage I: The Western World from Ancient Greece until 1900
		In the ensuing fight, Harmodius and Hipparchus were both killed; subsequently, Aristogeiton was imprisoned, tortured, and executed.
		Athenians regarded the attack by Harmodius and Aristogeiton as a prelude to the successful revolt against tyranny in 510 B.C.E.; popular legend later transformed the couple into assassins of the dictator.
		Showing Harmodius and Aristogeiton striding forward side by side as they prepare to attack Hipparchus, the monument not only glorifies their actions, but also celebrates, in a more general sense, the love of comrades, which the ancient Greeks linked with military heroism.
	www.glbtq.com /arts/patronage_1.html (832 words)

	Hipparchus (tyrant) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		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 (Click link for more info and facts about Simonides of Ceos) Simonides of Ceos to Athens.
		In 514 BC Hipparchus was murdered by the Tyrannicides, (Click link for more info and facts about Harmodius and Aristogeiton) Harmodius and Aristogeiton.
		As a result, Harmodius and Aristogeiton (A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed) assassinated him.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/hipparchus_(tyrant).htm (246 words)

	Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian Wars (Hobbes trans.) vol. 2: The Online Library of Liberty
		For the fact of Aristogeiton and Harmodius was undertaken upon an accident of love: which unfolding at large, I shall make appear that neither any other, nor the Athenians themselves, report any certainty either of their own tyrants or of the fact.
		Now Harmodius, a man in the flower of his youth, of great beauty, was in the power of one Aristogeiton, a citizen of a middle condition that was his lover.
		Aristogeiton, for the present, by means of the great confluence of people, escaped through the guard; but taken afterwards, was ungently handled1; but Harmodius was slain upon the place.
	oll.libertyfund.org /Texts/Hobbes0123/Works/HTMLs/Vol09/0051_09_Pt02_Book6.html (12714 words)

	wer-weiss-was \| "Saftige Geschichte (länglich)" \| aus Forum Storys
		Als Aristogeiton ihn versteckt hatte, bat er ihn, ihm mitzuteilen, wenn es Gerüchte über die Mutter gebe.
		Aber der begüterte Aristogeiton hielt sich lieber an den schnuckeligen Knaben.
		Aristogeiton geriet sich mit seinem Nebenbuhler also ziemlich in die Haare, Harmodios blieb ihm treu.
	www.wer-weiss-was.de /theme106/article1370612.html (1067 words)

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	Greek myths and gods at the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation
		Harmodius and Aristogeiton were two strapping young Athenians who lived in the time of the brutal tyrant, Hippias.
		Harmodius, in spite of the danger of resisting so powerful a personage, would have none of it.
		Aristogeiton was captured and hideously tortured to death as an example to the populous.
	www.leslielohman.org /Myths8.htm (1066 words)

	Ancient World I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Later Athenians came to celebrate the killers, Harmodius and Aristogeiton, as leaders in the fight for democracy, although their story is quite separate from slightly later institutional changes in the Athenian state.
		As you look at the following accounts, statues and vase paintings, think about why Harmodius and Aristogeiton were useful symbols of the democracy.
		Read Amy Smith's account of the sculptural group of Harmodius and Aristogeiton in the Athenian agora.
	www.macalester.edu /courses/clas121/tyrannicides.htm (289 words)

	Harmodius and Aristogeiton - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
		Harmodius and Aristogeiton - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
		(circa 530_BC - 514_BC) and Aristogeiton (circa 550_BC - 514_BC), known as "the Liberators" and "the Tyrannicides", became heroes in Athens through their role in the overthrow of the Tyranny of the Peisistratid family.
		The story of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, and its treatment by later Greek writers, is illustrative of attitudes to homosexuality_in_Ancient_Greece.
	www.indexsuche.com /Harmodius_and_Aristogeiton.html (766 words)

	Harmodius
		A handsome Athenian youth, and the intimate friend of Aristogeiton.
		Hipparchus, the younger brother of the tyrant Hippias, endeavored to supplant Aristogeiton in the good graces of Harmodius, but, failing in the attempt, revenged himself by putting a public affront on Harmodius's sister at a solemn festival.
		One of these songs, attributed to a certain Callistratus, is preserved in Athenaeus.
	www.nndb.com /people/062/000101756 (259 words)

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