Peisistratus
- a variation of Pisistratus.
Example Sentences
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In the 6th century BC, the Athenian ruler Peisistratus decreed that soldiers disabled in battle should be “maintained at the public charge”.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 28, 2015
Democracy in Athens was still a work in progress at the time, incubating less than two decades since the tyrant Peisistratus was overthrown.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2010
The quarrelsome Athenians might not have stuck to these laws if a dictator, Peisistratus, had not enforced them for a generation; after that they became habitual.
From Time Magazine Archive
It would seem that until the age of Peisistratus Athens.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
It is probably not an accident that Dieuchidas, who attributed so much to Peisistratus, was a Megarian.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
