CLAA06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Harmodius And Aristogeiton, The Persians, Chariot Racing
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In the archaic period, all the cities were competing with each other. @ this point most of the cities were being ruled by the oligarchies. Oligarchies are the rich pp who made a small group that then decided on the law there were also tyrants (a single ruler) As a hero becomes more power to rule, their side kicks also become more powerful. Theseus and peisistratus: peisistratus becomes more powerful and more respected. Theseus is a hero linked to peisistratus: harmodius and aristogeiton kill the tyrant when he starts to go bad, but truth was that they only killed the tyrant"s ruler, aristogeiton is linked to be a hero of democracy. The greek start to rebel against the persians. They says that the ghost of theseus was there to support the athenians: so for the next 10 years greece and persian remains silent.
