History of the Peloponnesian War · Character
Harmodius
Assassin of the tyrant Hipparchus, celebrated as a liberator.
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First appearance: book i
Harmodius shows up with force in The State of Greece from the Earliest Times to the Commencement of the Peloponnesian War. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mistakenly believed by Athenians to have slain the tyrant Hipparchus, though the actual tyrant was Hippias.
Harmodius first appears in 0002 book i.
In The State of Greece from the Earliest Times to the Commencement of the Peloponnesian War: Mistakenly believed by Athenians to have slain the tyrant Hipparchus, though the actual tyrant was Hippias.
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