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	Peisistratus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peisistratos was the son of a philosopher and teacher called Hippocrates, and was named for the Peisistratos in the Odyssey.
		Later, Megacles was angered by the fact that Peisistratos refused to have children with his daughter, and Peisistratos was again exiled in 556 BC by Lycurgus and Megacles.
		Peisistratos has been credited with the development of the first welfare state through his policy of providing a land loan to the underprivileged in society as part of an effort to encourage autarky.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pisistratus (718 words)

	The Hippocratic Oath
		Peisistratos was expelled twice during the course of his reign, and was only tyrant for seventeen years in a period of thirty-three; his sons between them ruled for eighteen years; and the whole reign of the family was thus confined to a period of thirty-five years.
		Peisistratos had the reputation of being a strong supporter of the Demos, and had distinguished himself in the war against Megara.
		Peisistratos rode in a chariot [harma] with the woman beside him, and the inhabitants fell to the ground and accepted him with awe.
	www.csun.edu /~hcfll004/peisistratos.html (2078 words)

	History of Ancient Athens - The Legend
		Peisistratos with the passing of time increased the number of his guards and in 560 BC, he occupied the Acropolis.
		Peisistratos married the daughter of Megakles, but avoided to connect his blood with the family of Alkmaeonidae.
		Peisistratos maintained the constitution of Solon, but made sure, that the main offices of Athens were held by his supporters.
	www.sikyon.com /Athens/ahist_eg01.html (5969 words)

	Electronic Antiquities Volume III, Number 2
		PEISISTRATOS, THE PEISISTRATIDS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF HERAKLES TO OLYMPOS: AN Robert Hannah, Department of Classics, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand.
		A proposition, which at first sight seems to satisfy the requirements of both time and opportunity, would be that when Peisistratos died and was buried in 528/7 B.C., his tomb may have been decorated in some fashion with a scene of the Introduction of Herakles.
		A funeral monument for Peisistratos himself, made in 528/7, may have carried the image of the apotheosis of Herakles.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /ejournals/ElAnt/V3N2/hannah.html (2604 words)

	Ajaloo osakond
		When Peisistratos was tyrant of Athens, he exercised a major influence on the cultural production and the economic situation in his city and functioned as sponsor, promotor or patron of the arts.
		Tyranny is of the utmost importance both as a historical phenomen, and as a motive force behind the far-reaching cultural revolution on which begins in the sixth century with the fall of the aristocracy and the political rise of bourgeoise.
		By these means Peisistratos strenghtened the appeal of state religion to all classes of the people, while he and his supports manned the traditional priesthoods.
	www.history.ee /Summar/Hommik.html (812 words)

	Peisitratids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Peisistratos came to power as tyrant of Athens in about 546 BC after the Battle of Pallene near Marathon, and,together with his sons, controlled political life in Athens for the next thirty six years.
		Under his stewardship Athens became an arts centre for the Hellenic world and he encouraged the symbiosis of internal peace and 'colonial' expansion -- and it was the naval development necessary for this expansion that was to be a key factor in the adoption of a wider democracy at a later stage.
		Nevertheless, much of the heritage is a direct result of the political history of the Aegean area, and few of the political leaders of the time could have attained and then retained power without the tacit or implied approval of the hoplite class.
	www.classics.und.ac.za /projects/democracy/Peisistratos.htm (355 words)

	Archaic Athens I
		In c.561 B.C. Peisistratos, a leading citizen from Brauron on the north-eastern coast of Attica, seized control of the acropolis with an armed bodyguard, but was soon ejected, He later returned in an alliance with Megakles, leader of a family which enjoyed influence in the area of Phaleron.
		Peisistratos permitted this new dramatic form of the festival to be performed from a cart in various places, usually at the village threshing floors, which provided level space.
		Peisistratos was a patron of the arts in other ways as well, but usually with a clear political motive.
	www.anagnosis.gr /index.php?pageID=204&la=eng (2008 words)

	Electronic Antiquities Volume II, Number 5
		The second and third problems concerning how Peisistratos and his sons wished their actions and rule to be viewed is belied by the fact that Peisistratos seized power unconstitutionally and ruled as a tyrant.
		Aristotle was discussing Peisistratos' wishes not Athenian thought in the tyrant's assertion to have governed by ancient laws and the necessities of mounting a successful coup may well have outweighed the possible appearance of impiety.
		Boardman, "Herakles, Peisistratos and Eleusis", JHS 95 (1975), pp.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /ejournals/ElAnt/V2N5/cavalier.html (5939 words)

	Pisistratus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Peisistratos, however, was apparently eager enough to return to Athens to play along with Megakles.
		Peisistratos may also be assumed to have spent his ten years in exile not only preoccupied with thoughts of his return but also what measures to take after his return which would render a further expulsion next to impossible.
		Although Peisistratos could not boast of having expelled The Tyrant it becomes clear that the peaceful and in all respects fruitful development of Athens is owed to the emergence of a political scene in Athens which was borne by far reaching aristocratic consensus.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /AncGreece/pisistratus.htm (6454 words)

	Amazon.ca: Fame, Money, and Power: The Rise of Peisistratos and "Democratic" Tyranny at Athens: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This book attempts to show how the rise of Peisistratos fits into an essentially democratic system already entrenched at Athens in the earlier sixth century B.C.E. Emerging from the apparent backwater of eastern Attika, Peisistratos led the Athenians to victory over their neighbors, the Megarians, in a long, drawn out war.
		Peisistratos tried and failed two times to "root" his tyranny, his failures owing to a lack of sufficient money with which to appease the demos.
		Peisistratos' tyrannies were partnerships with the d?mos, the first two of which failed.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0472114247 (526 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 97.7.18
		Indeed, after Peisistratos' final triumph, most of the formerly leading aristocrats either willingly departed Athens, were exiled, or remained but were stymied by Peisistratos' hostage-taking.
		Peisistratos originally attracted mercenaries by means of his control over the Pangaion mines; even after Pallene, the revenues kept coming in, ensuring Peisistratos' ability to pay his troops and then his doryphoroi (81-82).
		Indeed, the Wappenmuenzen, which most scholars take to be the coins of Peisistratos' last tyranny, are fairly impoverished and rather inconsistent in respect of content: they do not point to rich or steady supplies of ore coming from one source to the Athenian tyrant to pay mercenaries or otherwise to underwrite his tyranny.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/1997/97.07.18.html (3056 words)

	HIPPARCHUS, son of PISISTRATUS
		This was the origin of the friendship between Peisistratos and Argos; Hegesistratos brought 1000 men to fight with him at Pallene.
		Some say that Peisistratos married her during his first exile, others when he was in power.
		From the year when Harmodios and Aristogeiton killed Hipparchos the son of Peisistratos and his successor, and when the Athenians expelled the Peisistratidai from the Pelasgic Wall, 248 years; the archon was Harpaktides (511/10 B.C.).
	www.csun.edu /~hcfll004/hipparchos.html (1085 words)

	Ancient Greek History
		Peisistratos, as I have said previously, administered the city's affairs with moderation and constitutionally rather than like a tyrant; for in general he was philanthropic and kind, and compassionate to wrong-doers, and moreover used to lend money to the poor to help them in their work, so they could make a living from farming.
		He did this for two reasons, so that they would not spend time in the city but be scattered throughout the countryside, and, as they were moderately prosperous and busy with their own affairs, they would have neither the inclination nor the time to care about public business.
		It was during one such tour by Peisistratos that they say occurred the incident involving the man on Hymettos, who cultivated what was afterwards known as the 'tax-free farm'.
	www-personal.une.edu.au /~mdillon/greekhis/agtut09.html (676 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2006.01.52
		Plutarch is the source for Solon's story and Aineias the Tactician for Peisistratos', and they have curious similarities: both involve women participating in religious festivals, and in both Athenian youths ambush Megarians.
		The traditions have become entangled and Frost explains plausibly how that came about, and in the process shows how knowledge of the past was transmitted in a society where oral history was passed on from one generation to the next in the form of anecdotes.
		'Peisistratos, the Cults, and the Unification of Attica' carries on from a suggestion by the late Mary White (Phoenix 9 [1955], pp.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2006/2006-01-52.html (1842 words)

	Herodotus: Book 1: Clio: 60
		He then was very indignant that he should be dishonoured by Peisistratos; and in his anger straightway he proceeded to compose his quarrel with the men of his faction.
		This oracle he uttered to him being divinely inspired, and Peisistratos, having understood the oracle and having said that he accepted the prophecy which was uttered, led his army against the enemy.
		So Peisistratos was despot of the Athenians; but of the Athenians some had fallen in the battle, and others of them with the sons of Alcmaion were exiles from their native land.
	www.sacred-texts.com /cla/hh/hh1060.htm (2725 words)

	Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2004058001
		Peisistratos and the Megarian War 30 A. Background to the Peisistratan Phase of the War 30 i.
		Peisistratos' Second Tyranny I 14 IV The Tide of Wealth and Power Peisistratos' Exile, Return, and "Rooting" of the Tyranny 16 1.
		Peisistratos' Chremata and Its Uses 142 C. The Battle 143 I. Tactics Implied by Herodotos'Account 143 2.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/fy053/2004058001.html (624 words)

	Peisistratus - Wikipedia Light!
		Peisistratos was the son of a man called Hippocrates, and was named for the Peisistratos in the Odyssey.
		In Greek mythology, Peisistratos was the youngest son of Nestor and became an intimate friend of Telemachus the son of Odysseus on their first meeting.
		Peisistratos travelled with Telemachus on his unsuccessful search for his lost father.
	godseye.com /wiki/index.php?title=Peistratus (605 words)

	Ancient History Bulletin 3, 1989: Regionalism in Classical Athens?, Konrad H. Kinzl
		Athens, he learns, was held down, and torn apart in strife, by Peisistratos son of Hippokrates who tyrannised the Athenians, having carried out successfully what he had been counselled by his son Hippias.
		In “reverse chronology” it is therefore the events of 514/3-511/0 which serve as a lens, focussing and filtering the events that precede that period.
		Herodotos accordingly portrays the actions of Megakles, Lykourgos, and Peisistratos, as stasis (using the terms current in the 45Os-420s), which he places in exactly the same regions in which at least near-staseis occurred during his own age.
	www.trentu.ca /ahc/ahb-3-1b.html (1697 words)

	The Odyssey Study Guide / The Odyssey Summary
		After being led into the hall, Telemachus and Peisistratos are cleansed by hand-maidens and fed. When they are ready, Menelaus welcomes them and asks to hear their names.
		Peisistratos speaks and confirms their suspicions also explaining that they were sent by Nestor because Telemachus was seeking news of his father.
		Peisistratos tells them that they should not weep because it will be dawn soon and that he lost a brother at Troy.
	www.bookrags.com /notes/od/PART4.htm (1192 words)

	K.H. Kinzl, Archaic Greek Tyranny Reconsidered
		It seems impossible that Peisistratos was never a member of the Areopagos; on the other hand it seems unlikely that an eponymous archonship recorded in the archon list would have been completely forgotten [or suppressed].
		One would have to suggest that Peisistratos was demented in order to believe he would not have seen this.
		71 The period from the death of Peisistratos to the exiling of his sons is still largely unexplored — despite the voluminous literature, especially regarding the tyrannicide and Thoukydides’ digression (6,53,3-
	www.trentu.ca /ahc/ajahtyr.htm (8665 words)

	APA Paper Abstract
		For Peisistratos takes the unusual step of asking Menelaos to whom the omen is referring.
		A rare occasion in Homer where a minor omen's interpretation is expressly equivocal, Peisistratos' awkward question sets up two possibilities: the omen refers either to Telemakhos or to Menelaos.
		The textual awkwardness of the transition from departure-scene to omen-scene, thus, is matched only by the social awkwardness provoked by Peisistratos' inappropriate question.
	www.apaclassics.org /AnnualMeeting/04mtg/abstracts/gottesman.html (325 words)

	Peisistratus
		Peisistratos of Athens (c.607 - 528 BC) was a Greek statesman who became the Tyrant of Athens following a (quite popular) coup and ruled in 561, 559-556 and 546-528 BC.
		Peisistratos was son of a of a philosopher and teacher called Hippocratesand was named for the Peisistratos in the Odyssey.
		A friend of Solon [2] he assisted him in his endeavours, and fought bravely in the conquest of Salamis.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/Pisistratus.html (638 words)

	Barron's Booknotes-The Odyssey by Homer - Free Literature Summaries/Booknotes from PinkMonkey.com
		There's a nice bit of characterization showing Telemakhos' boyish reaction to all the elegance: he whispers to Peisistratos that he can hardly believe his eyes, all that bronze, gold, amber, silver, and ivory.
		Peisistratos says it is Telemakhos, and the extent of their friendship is shown when he adds "but he is gentle, and would be ashamed to clamor for attention before your grace."
		Peisistratos calls the group out of its sorrow, for the hour is late.
	www.pinkmonkey.com /booknotes/barrons/odyssey11.asp (1008 words)

	Gregory Nagy, Chapter 3. Homer and the Evolution of a Homeric Text (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One such example comes from the era of Peisistratos and his sons, tyrants at Athens in the second half of the sixth century B.C.E.: from various reports, we see that this dynasty of the Peisistratidai maintained political power at least in part by way of controlling poetry.
		In the account of Aelian, the parallelism between the lawgiver par excellence and the tyrant Peisistratos is explicit: just as Lycurgus gives the Homeric poems to Sparta, so also Peisistratos gives the Homeric poems to Athens.
		We have already observed that the story is appropriate to either Solon or Peisistratos in the role-deserved or undeserved-of lawgiver.
	www.stoa.org /hopper/text.jsp?doc=Stoa:text:2003.01.0006:chapter=3 (8332 words)

	Gregory Nagy, page 103 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		We may note that Cicero's account, which is most explicit about the recension, portrays the tyrant Peisistratos as one of the canonical Seven Sages in the context of crediting him with the arrangement of the Homeric poems.
		The central point for him is that there was a Homeric text, in manuscript form, which took shape in the sixth century, the era of Peisistratos.
		The comparative evidence that I have already adduced suggests otherwise, that it was in fact the Peisistratos story that was based on an appropriation of earlier narrative patterns concerning sages and lawmakers.
	www.stoa.org /hopper/text.jsp?doc=Stoa:text:2003.01.0006:page=103 (403 words)

	Odyssey Summary
		In the morning, he and his sons make the sacrifice of a golden-horned heifer, and his son, Peisistratos, accompanies Telemakhos in a chariot.
		Peisistratos confirms this, and says that Nestor sent them for help from Menelaos.
		Menelaos gives a moving speech about his feelings for Odysseus, inspiring tears in them all; Peisistratos is particularly affected, remembering his brother Antilokhos who died at Troy.
	www.utexas.edu /courses/mythologein/guides/odysseysummary.html (1611 words)

	PEISISTRATOS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In reaction to the power of such newly rich families, usurpers from the old aristocracy arose, and, often aided by poverty-struck citizens, made themselves autocratic tyrants.
		In 560 BC Peisistratos established the first of a series of Tyrannies in Athens.
		With the support of the impoverished peasants he ruled for 14 years.
	www.hyperhistory.com /online_n2/people_n2/ppersons1_n2/peisistratos.html (97 words)

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