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Hippocrates
Father of Peisistratos; receives an omen of tyranny.
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First appearance: book i clio
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- Greek lawgivers and tyrants
- Diverse figures from the Histories
- Key figures of the Ionian Revolt
- Kings and commanders of the Greco-Persian Wars
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