Hippias

American  

[hip-ee-uhs] / ˈhɪp i əs /

noun

1. flourished 6th century b.c., tyrant of Athens (brother of Hipparchus, son of Pisistratus).

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Example Sentences

The Greek tyrant Hippias lunged at Piper, his dagger raised, but Piper blasted him point-blank in the chest with a lovely pot roast.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Or does our other knowledge of Hippias justify it?

From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland

Plutarch, moreover, in the opening of his Life of Numa, tells us plainly that the list was the manufacture of Hippias, and based on no trustworthy evidence.

From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.

Does it mean that Hippias first published or edited in a literary form the register, or does it mean that he both compiled and edited it?

From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland

It is hardly possible that they could not have conquered in the stadion, so that I suspect in Hippias a deliberate intention to put forward non-Eleians as victors.

From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland