HUM 2 Lecture 23: Humanities 2 - Culture of Ancient Greece and Rome - 23
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Civil strife becomes rampant in early 6th century. Led by megacles, son of alchmeon, husband of agariste. Men from beyond the hills (men of the hills) Author of ath pol assumes that factions divided by political views. No reason to believe that this was the case in a non-democratic city-state. Body guards of tyrants typically have spears (hides full intentions) Combined efforts of other two factions removes him from power ater only a couple months. Only taken out of acropolis, not attica. 2 factions resume fighting just each other. Megacles is on the losing end, reaches deal with peisistratus. Peisistratus will marry megacles" daughter, and megacles will support. Athenians didn"t believe this necessarily, but they welcomed him back. Didn"t want to have children with megacles"s daughter. Megacles got angry, worked together with lycurgus, and removed. Peisistratus and family from attica (for a decade) Peisistratus and supporters land at marathon without much opposition, ensuing battle, peisistratus won.
