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In Greek mythology, Peisistratus or Pisistratus (Ancient Greek: Πεισίστρατος, romanized: Peisistratos) was a prince of Pylos in Messenia. Family [ edit ] Pisistratus was the youngest son of King Nestor [1] [2] either by Eurydice [3] or Anaxibia . [4]
Pisistratus pīsĭsˈtrətəs , 605?–527 b.c., Greek statesman, tyrant of Athens. His power was founded on the cohesion of the rural citizens, whom he consolidated with farseeing land laws. His coup (c.560 b.c.) was probably not unpopular.
Samuel Hart Newhall, Pisistratus and His Edition of Homer, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 43, No. 19 (Jun., 1908), pp. 491-510
Pisistratus’ father Hippocrates receives the conventional warning of the birth of the tyrant in the strange activity of his sacrificial stew at the sanctu-ary of Olympia. Chilon the Spartan interprets, issuing a triple warning that he should not marry, or should divorce his wife, or should disown his son.
Pisistratus and the Pisistratidae. (Peisistratos). An Athenian, son of Hippocrates, named after Pisistratus, the youngest son of Nestor , since the family of Hippocrates was of Pylian origin, and traced their descent to Neleus, the father of Nestor. The mother of Pisistratus (whose name we do not know) was first cousin to the mother of Solon.
Jul 12, 2015 · Peisistratos (Pisistratus)- after the departure of Solon from Athens, the political struggle was continued. For the government in Athens fought three parties: the party of population living along the coast led by Megacles, on the plains led by Lycurgus and party of highlanders led by Pisistratus.
560 BC. Pisistratus seized the Acropolis with a group of body guards and became a tyrant. 559 BC. Pisistratus was first driven out, then aided in his return, by Megacles, leader of the Alcmaeonidae. Marries, but then divorces Megacles' daughter. 556 BC. Driven out of Athens, again by his (now) enemy Megacles. Exiled to Euboea, but made a lot of ...
