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
Pisistratus ruled for thirty-three years, and made the Athenians content, and when he died his sons Hippias and Hipparchus ruled much as he had done, and gave no cause for complaint.
From Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Hippias of Elis invented a certain curve called the quadratrix, by means of which he could square the circle and trisect any angle.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
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
Or does our other knowledge of Hippias justify it?
From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland
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