biography
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Pisistratus
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also spelled Peisistratos
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pronunciation:
[piysistratus]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.600–527 BC)
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| biography:
| Tyrant of Athens (561–c.556 BC, 546–527 BC). A moderate and far-sighted ruler, he did much to improve the lot of the small farmer in Attica, and to boost Athenian trade abroad, especially in the Black Sea area. A patron of the arts, he invited the leading Greek poets of the day to settle in Athens, where he set about fostering a sense of national unity by instituting or expanding great religious and cultural festivals. He was succeeded by his sons Hippias and Hipparchus, the so-called Pisistratidae, but the dynasty was overthrown in 510 BC. |
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