[Agora Publication] Arnush (1995): The Career of Peisistratos Son of Hippias

Arnush, Michael F ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 64.2 2 135-162 10.2307_148051 ... 1995 ... The Career of Peisistratos Son of Hippias

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Tyranny

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Tyranny As happened in many other Greek states, a tyrant arose in Athens in the 6th century B.C. His name was Peisistratos, and after several unsuccessful attempts he seized power in 546 B.C. and ruled ... Broken from a large marble block inscribed with a list of archons of Athens, this piece preserves parts of the names of six archons of the 520's B.C.; two of them are members of the family of Peisistratos: In the second line we read Hippias, his son, and in the last line, Peisistratos the younger, his grandson. ... Matters changed with the death of Peisistratos when his two sons Hippias and Hipparchos took over in 527 B.C. ... The inscription on the section of molding from the altar illustrated here reads: "This memorial of his office Peisistratos son of Hippias set up in the precinct of Pythian Apollo."

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Altar of the Twelve Gods

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Altar of the Twelve Gods Near the middle of the open square, somewhat to the north, lay the Altar of the Twelve Gods (Fig. 7), today largely hidden under the Athens–Piraeus railway (1891). A corner of ... A corner of the enclosure wall survives, along with the inscribed marble base for a bronze statue that reads "Leagros, the son of Glaukon, dedicated this to the twelve gods." Thucydides tells us the younger Peisistratos, grandson of the tyrant, established the altar in the Agora during his archonship (522/1 B.C.). ... Physically, we are at the heart of the city. "Amongst those of the Peisistratids who held the annual magistracy at Athens was Peisistratos, son of Hippias the tyrant (named after his grandfather), who during his archonship set up the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Agora and the Altar of Apollo in the shrine of Apollo Pythios.

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 265, p. 255

Odeion. Parmenides. Parrhasios. Parsley. Parthenon. Odyssey. Patrokleides. Oedipus. Pausanias. Offices, public. Oikema (prison etc.). Peace. Oineus. Oinoe, battle-painting. Pegasos of Eleutherai. Olbiades ... Agora 3 255 ... Pegasos of Eleutherai ... Peisistratos, son of Hippias ... Philippos, son of Iasidemos

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 202, p. 183

Kimon. Messene: herm at city gates. Kimonian herms. Metalwork, archaic Greek imitated in Roman times. Kleon, G. Quintus, marathonios, archon. Korai. Mikkiades. Miletos: archaistic dancers from theater ... Agora 11 183 ... Kos, cult of Hekate ... Mother of the Gods ... Peisistratos, son of Hippias