CLASS280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pheidon Ii, Sicyon, Conspicuous Consumption
5 Apr 2016
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Tyrannos: word applied to ambitious individual who acquired sole power extra- constitutionally in own city state. Word rst occurs in archilochus (mid 7th c. ) applied to gyges of lydia. Gyges killed the king of lydia and usurped his thrown, but portrayed by herodotus as a good ruler. Pheidon of argos r c. 680-657; earliest tyrant. Described by aristotle as hereditary king who exceeded constitutional powers and ruled as a tyrant. Herodotus (6. 127): tyrant, introduced system of weights and measures into the. Peloponnese, usurped presidency of olympic games (c. 668) Why would pheidon want to be seen as the patron of the olympics. Early military power; responsible for victory of argos over sparta in the battle of. Exclusive aristocracy - bacciadae c. 747-657; responsible for much of corinth"s wealth. Fist inter-city con ict at the end of the 8th century. Between chalcis and eritrea, but other states joined in.
