CLST 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Tyrant, Peloponnese, Ostracism
20 Nov 2017
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Hippias and hipparchus inherit tyranny from their father, peisistratus. Athenian tradition: in 514, hipparchus rejected by harmodius: hipparchus forbids harmodius" sister from carrying basket in panathenaic procession, being forbidden from carrying a basket means you"re not a virgin so, Spartan tradition: starting in 511, spartans under cleomenes attack athens every year for. 4 years: hippias is driven into exile, he doesn"t really die in exile but rather goes to persia and lives there well into his. 90s: alcmaeonids were driven out during peisistratid reign and build big temple at. Delphi as way back in (see previous lecture: alcmaeonids take indirect credit for getting rid of tyranny and spartans play along, we don"t know why the spartans played along. These two stories combined probably tell the real story. Apparently uninterested in minor affairs outside of peloponnesus in early 510s: plataea, city in boeotia, asked for an alliance with sparta and sparta declined, encouraged plataea to ally with athens.
