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Peisistratus was the first tyrant leader.

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Q: Who was the tyrant of Athens?
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Who is a tyrant from Athens?

perticles


Was Pericles a famous tyrant of Athens?

No, he helped bring about democracy in Athens.


Was Pericles a famous tyrant in Corinth?

No, he was a famous democrat in Athens.


What was the first Greek city-state to be ruled by tyrant?

athens


Athenian tyrant who embellished Athens with monuments?

nathan acropal


What is a description of the rule of Draco the tyrant?

Draco was an Athenian statesman who first wrote down the laws of Athens, he was in no way a tyrant.


Who helped the Persian what did he tell them to do in the battle of Marothon?

The ex-tyrant of Athens Hippias who the Persians intended to re-install in Athens after they captured it.


True or false Pericles was a famous tyrant of Athens?

In a the modern term of tyrant yes; but in the classical greek tyrant defintion yes because percicules was someone who illegally seized power he had no right to the power during this time.


What type of leader did Athens have?

Early on, a king. Then the rich (aristocrats). Then a tyrant. Then oligarchs. Then the people themseles (democracy).


Who was the Athenian tyrant who embellished Athens with monuments?

Pericles (490-429 BCE) was a Greek Archon who develop social programs that paid Athenian men to build beautiful monuments in Athens. Though he began as an Archon, he is often referred to as the Tyrant of Athens. Plutarch details Pericles political life and the monuments he had built in his Life of Pericles.


Why were tyrant able to seize control in Athens?

There was a new Tyrant named peisestratus he took over the government. He gave citizenship to athenians who did not own land. Sincereligion was important in sthens peisistratus built additional shrines to diffrent gods. The Tyrant were doing more things than the athens


Who did the marathon battle save?

It saved the citizens of Athens from having their ex-tyrant Hippias, who they had expelled, restored by the Persians, who wanted to use him to stop Athens from interfering in support of the rebellious Greek cities within their empire.