. The eastern nations and Greece. st theyemulated the example of their father,and Athens flourished under their at length an unfortunate eventgave an entirely different tone to thegovernment. Hipparchus, having in-sulted a young noble named Harmo-dius, this man, in connection withhis friend Aristogiton and someothers, planned to assassinate boththe tyrants. Hipparchus was slain,but the plans of the conspirators mis-carried as to Hippias. Harmodiuswas struck down by the guards of the tyrants, and Aristogiton, afterhaving been tortured in vain to force him to reveal the names ofthe othe
. The eastern nations and Greece. st theyemulated the example of their father,and Athens flourished under their at length an unfortunate eventgave an entirely different tone to thegovernment. Hipparchus, having in-sulted a young noble named Harmo-dius, this man, in connection withhis friend Aristogiton and someothers, planned to assassinate boththe tyrants. Hipparchus was slain,but the plans of the conspirators mis-carried as to Hippias. Harmodiuswas struck down by the guards of the tyrants, and Aristogiton, afterhaving been tortured in vain to force him to reveal the names ofthe other conspirators, was put to death. We have already spoken of how tyrannicide appeared to the Greekmind as an eminently praiseworthy act (sect. 190). This is well illus-trated by the grateful and venerated remembrance in which Harmo-dius and Aristogiton were ever held by the Athenians. Statues wereraised in their honor (Fig. 100), and the story of their deed wasrehearsed to the youth as an incentive to patriotism and Fig. 100. The Athenian Tyrannicides, Harmodius AND Aristogiton Marble statues in the Naples Mu-seum, recognized as ancient copiesof the bronze statues set up at Athensin commemoration of the assassina-tion of the tyrant Hipparchus 184 EARLY HISTORY OF ATHENS [§204 The plot had a most unhappy effect upon the disposition ofHippias. It caused him to become suspicious and severe. His rulenow became a tyranny indeed. With the help of the Spartans hewas finally driven out of the city. 204. The Reforms of Clisthenes (508 ). Straightway upon theexpulsion of the tyrant Hippias, old feuds between factions of thenobles broke out afresh. A prominent noble named Clisthenes, headof one of the factions, feeling that he was not receiving in the wayof coveted office the recognition from his own order which his meritsdeserved, allied himself with the common people as their thus got control of affairs in the state. With power once in hishands he used it
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