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... Peisistratus , ATTICA . Roadwith Villages Tanagra JoMarathon PENTELIKON CITHAERON Megara I Athens Eleusis Long Walls Peiraeus P SALAMIS HYMETTUS Ι I. The dwelling of the party of the Shore . II . The dwelling of the party of the Plain ...
... Peisistratus , ATTICA . Roadwith Villages Tanagra JoMarathon PENTELIKON CITHAERON Megara I Athens Eleusis Long Walls Peiraeus P SALAMIS HYMETTUS Ι I. The dwelling of the party of the Shore . II . The dwelling of the party of the Plain ...
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... Peisistratus have a bodyguard of fifty clubmen ; nor did the people " curiously inquire into the number employed , and presently Peisistratus seized the citadel , and assumed the government of Athens . Herodotus tells us further that he ...
... Peisistratus have a bodyguard of fifty clubmen ; nor did the people " curiously inquire into the number employed , and presently Peisistratus seized the citadel , and assumed the government of Athens . Herodotus tells us further that he ...
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... Peisistratus , hearing of it , with- drew from the country for ten years , and collecting as much money as possible , hired mercenary forces , 1 with which he marched against the Athenians and overcame them . Thus Peisistratus , having ...
... Peisistratus , hearing of it , with- drew from the country for ten years , and collecting as much money as possible , hired mercenary forces , 1 with which he marched against the Athenians and overcame them . Thus Peisistratus , having ...
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... Peisistratus ( a ) to establish and ( b ) to main- tain his tyranny ? What really sustained the power of Peisistratus ? What nominally , and according to the constitution , sustained it ? What suspicious circumstance appears in this ...
... Peisistratus ( a ) to establish and ( b ) to main- tain his tyranny ? What really sustained the power of Peisistratus ? What nominally , and according to the constitution , sustained it ? What suspicious circumstance appears in this ...
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... Peisistratus . d . Extracts Illustrative of Thought of the Time . 66 " The custom of reverence for , and discipline and rights of , the augurs , and the authority of the college , are still retained for the sake of their influence on ...
... Peisistratus . d . Extracts Illustrative of Thought of the Time . 66 " The custom of reverence for , and discipline and rights of , the augurs , and the authority of the college , are still retained for the sake of their influence on ...
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