Fame, Money, and Power : The Rise of Peisistratos and Democratic Tyranny at Athens.

Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- 1. Foreword -- 2. Sources -- 3. Method -- 4. Democratic Tyranny -- II. The Path to Fame: The Early Life and Career of Peisistratos -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pylians and Neleidai -- 3. Family Background and Incipient Ambition -- 4. Peisistratos and the Megarian War -- III. Money, Persuasion, and Alliance: The Early Tyrannies of Peisistratos -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Peisistratos' First Tyranny -- 3. Peisistratos' Second Tyranny -- IV. The Tide of Wealth and Power: Peisistratos' Exile, Return, and "Rooting" of the Tyranny -- 1. The Thracian Sojourn -- 2. The Pallēnē Campaign -- V. Summary -- 1. The Three Reins of the "Democratic" Tyrant -- 2. Reflections of the Sixth-Century Democratic Prototype in Democratic Athens -- Appendices -- A. The Site of the Attic Deme Philaïdai -- B. The Environment of Eastern Attika in the Sixth Century B.C.E. -- C. Prosopography -- D. Peisistratos' Chronology -- E. The Origins of the Herodotean Parties -- F. The Site of Rhaikēlos -- G. Peisistratos and the Purification of Delos: Actions and Intentions -- H. Sophokles and Herodotos on the Foundations of Tyranny: Oedipous Tyrannos, 540-42 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations following page 146.

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