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The Greek tyrants
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- Summary
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Gives an account not only of the tyrants, but of early Greek history before the tyrants (7th & 8th century B.C). and goes to Greece's fall to Rome.
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- Creator
- by A. Andrewes
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Harper & Row, [1963]
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 164 pages : map ; 22 cm
- OCLC
- ocm01039154, ocm01039154
- Originally published in 1956.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- 1. The Background of Tyranny --- 2. The Word Tyrant --- 3. The Military Factor: Pheidon of Argos --- 4. The Overthrow of an Aristocracy at Corinth --- 5. The Racial Factor: Cleisthenes and Others --- 6. The Spartan Alternative to Tyranny --- 7. The Economic Factor: Solon of Athens --- 8. Aristocratic Disorder at Mytilene --- 9. Peisistratus and the Consolidation of Attica --- 10. The Threat of Persian Conquest --- 11. Military Monarchy in Sicily --- 12. Epilogue