Athens before it was cool...
This early reformer introduced economic and political reforms in 594 BCE, paving the way for future change.
An incredibly important value in Athens meaning aggressive, self assertive, competition.
What is agon?
What is Athena?
This policy reduced the power of aristocrats in the countryside.
What was the introduction of local judges loyal to Peisistratus?
I said: “He asked the people for a guard of fifty club-bearers... and with their help, he seized the Acropolis and made himself master of Athens.”
Who was Herodotus?
This type of government wasn’t just an Athenian thing—this form of rule was popping up all over Greece in the 6th century BCE.
What is tryanny?
Peisistratus claimed he was protecting this group of citizens, who lived in the hills and felt ignored by the aristocrats.
Who were the Diakrioi (hill people)?
A good mate, this fella was rewarded for helping Peisistratus with his own tyrannical set up on Naxos
Who was Lygdamis?
Held every year but he made this one GREAT every four years...
What was the Great Panathenaea?
I am the only primary source that covers the rise of Peisistratus, his rule and the downfall of the tyranny...
Who was Aristotle?
These two other aristocrats led the rival factions in Athens at the time of Peisistratus.
Who were Megacles and Lycurgus?
Forget geography, forget politics, Buckley (2010) argues this was the prime cause of the factional conflict...
His sponsorship and establishment of this festival needed theatre spaces and performance venues - a key part of his building program.
What was the City Dionysia?
note: No primary source directly attributes this to Peisistratus
This policy in particular supported farmers in their agricultural output whilst they switched over to olives and vines.
What are loans?
This historian barely mentions Peisistratus at all, focusing instead on later events like the Peloponnesian War.
Who was Thucydides?
Athenians may have admired Peisistratus partly because he had led Athens to victory in a war against this city-state.
What was Megara?
Although writing many years after, Aristotle said this about Peisistratus' faction...
They wanted a more democratic way....
This government position Peisistratus granted rival families as a part of his diplomacy....
During his leadership, these three government branches operated with minimal interference.
Boule of 400, Areopagus, Ecclessia
I said that Peisistratus was willing to conduct all affairs of state in accordance with the laws, and granted himself no special privilege...
Who was Aristotle?