# Hippias — History of the Peloponnesian War character guide

> Hippias in History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the tyrant Hippias

**First appearance:** 0002-book-i

## Who they are

Athenian tyrant who later aided the Persians.

## In the story

### [The State of Greece from the Earliest Times to the Commencement of the Peloponnesian War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/history_of_the_peloponnesian_war_se/chapters/i)

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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