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Episode 9: The Tyrant of Athens (1.56-64)

Episode 9: The Tyrant of Athens (1.56-64)

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As Croesus chooses between the Athenians and the Spartans as allies against the Persians, Herodotus introduces us to Pisistratus, the tyrant of Athens, who used trickery to conquer Athens on three separate occasions. We also explore what it meant to be a tyrant and what Herodotus actually thought of the whole tyranny thing.

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