Difference between revisions of "Pisistratus"

<p> Tyrant of Athens, was the friend of [[Solon]] and a relative; an able but an ambitious man; being in favour with the citizens presented himself one day in the Agora, and displaying some wounds he had received in their defence, persuaded them to give him a bodyguard of 50 men, which grew into a larger force, by means of which in 560 B.C. he took possession of the citadel and seized the sovereign power, from which he was shortly after driven forth; after six years he was brought back, but compelled to retire a second time; after 10 years he returned and made good his ascendency, reigning thereafter peacefully for 14 years, and leaving his power in the hands of his sons [[Hippias]] and Hipparchus; he was a good and wise ruler, and encouraged the liberal arts, and it is to him we owe the first written collection or complete edition of the poems of [[Homer]] (600-527 B.C.). </p>

<p> Tyrant of Athens, was the friend of [[Solon]] and a relative; an able but an ambitious man; being in favour with the citizens presented himself one day in the Agora, and displaying some wounds he had received in their defence, persuaded them to give him a bodyguard of 50 men, which grew into a larger force, by means of which in 560 B.C. he took possession of the citadel and seized the sovereign power, from which he was shortly after driven forth; after six years he was brought back, but compelled to retire a second time; after 10 years he returned and made good his ascendency, reigning thereafter peacefully for 14 years, and leaving his power in the hands of his sons [[Hippias]] and Hipparchus; he was a good and wise ruler, and encouraged the liberal arts, and it is to him we owe the first written collection or complete edition of the poems of [[Homer]] (600-527 B.C.). </p>

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<ref name="term_78099"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/pisistratus Pisistratus from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>

<ref name="term_78099"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/pisistratus Pisistratus from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>

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