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Pisistratus
or Pei·sis·tra·tus
[ pahy-sis-truh-tuhs, pi- ]
noun
- c605–527 b.c., tyrant of Athens 560–527 (father of Hipparchus and Hippias).
Pisistratus
/ paɪˈsɪstrətəs /
noun
- Pisistratus?600 bc527 bcMAthenianPOLITICS: tyrant ?600–527 bc , tyrant of Athens: he established himself in firm control of the city following his defeat of his aristocratic rivals at Pallene (546)
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In 1900 he entirely reversed his position, the school was abandoned, and the story of Pisistratus was accepted.
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That Pisistratus did so is Mr. Leafs theory, but there is not a hint about anybody collecting anything in the Greek.
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Burns was a great lyric poet, whereas we hear of no great epic poet in the age of Pisistratus.
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Pisistratus could not feel flattered by passages intended to exhibit his ancestor as a conceited and inopportune old babbler.
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I ventured in 1896 to suggest that the interpolator was trying to please Pisistratus, but this was said in a spirit of mockery.
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