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

But were there really no registers, ἀναγραφαί, from which Hippias could have copied?

From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland

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

In like manner Hippias, or, according to Aristotle, Hipparchos, was in the outer Cerameicos, "arranging how each part of the Panathenaic procession ought to go forward," when he was attacked by Harmodios and Aristogeiton.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

The Sophist Hippias, who himself earned and made all that he wore within and without, is the representative of the highest freedom of mind and personality.

From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm