History of the Peloponnesian War · Character
Hippias
Athenian tyrant who later aided the Persians.
minor
Also known as the tyrant Hippias
First appearance: book i
Hippias 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.
The eldest son of Pisistratus and actual tyrant of Athens at the time of Hipparchus's murder, contrary to common belief.
Hippias first appears in 0002 book i.
In The State of Greece from the Earliest Times to the Commencement of the Peloponnesian War: The eldest son of Pisistratus and actual tyrant of Athens at the time of Hipparchus's murder, contrary to common belief.
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See Hippias in book i