Hippias
Americannoun
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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
For this Hippias was clearly a man writing with a deliberate policy.
From Problems in Greek history by John Pentland Mahaffy
Book V. Terpsichore.—The political progress of Lacedæmon, Athens and Corinth—view of their relative resources during the time of Darius—expulsion of Hippias from Athens.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
Plato reflects this theory in making Hippias declare that the measure of man's right is what the state commands.
From Concerning Justice by Lucilius A. Emery
Such then were the materials from which Hippias proceeded, not before the year 400 B.C., and probably a generation later, to compile the full register of the Olympiads.
From Problems in Greek history by John Pentland Mahaffy
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