sculpture statue Tyrant killers greek 510 bc Napoli Museo Archeologico Italy mediterranen south europe european Italian travel
tyrant (Latin tyrannus, from Greek possesses absolute power through the people in a state or in an organization: one refers to this mode of rule as a tyranny. In ancient Greece, tyrants were generally aristocrats who had gained power over the others by getting the support of the poor people by giving them land, freeing them from slavery,sculpture statue Tyrant killers greek 510 bc artwork art artistic artistry arts artwork create creative creativity culture figure traditional composition category broad concepts ideas format theme setting concepts concept beautifull spirit free coloured colored colors colours masterpiece master piece master masterwork museum gallery galery collection collect display creat creator author artist visitor civilisation civilization priceless craft handicraft value valuable invest investment future trade commerce Hellenic Tyrants The heyday of the classical Hellenic tyrants came in the early 6th century BC, when Cleisthenes ruled Sicyon in the Peloponnesus, and Polycrates ruled Samos. During this time, revolts overthrew many governments in the Aegean world. Simultaneously Persia first started making inroads into Greece, and many tyrants sought Persian help against forces seeking to remove them. Popularism Greek tyranny in the main grew out of the struggle of the popular classes against the aristocracy or against priest-kings where archaic traditions and mythology sanctioned hereditary and/or traditional rights to rule. Popular coups generally installed tyrants, who often became or remained popular rulers, at least in the early part of their reigns. For instance, the popular imagination remembered Peisistratus for an episode (related by [pseudo-]Aristotle, but possibly fictional) in which he exempted a farmer from taxation because of the particular barrenness of his plot. Pisistratus' sons Hippias and Hipparchus,
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