cypeslus and cypselid tyrants

how did cypselus come to power

bacchiads were olgigarchy ruling corinth, oracle said labda would have son who would attack bacchiads and they found out and sent men to kill baby who felt bad so didn’t. Oracle told cypselus and his son would be rulers of corinth and he won the tyranny

what did cypselus do

exiled many

bankrupted many

killed many

ruled for thirty years

periander

was more gentle at first

became harsher after dealing with Thrasybulus who took periander’s messenger outside to a field and cut off the tallest heads of corn, telling periander to kill the most influential citizens

killed his dead wife and had sex with her

carried out every act of slaughter that cypselus didn’t

stripped every woman naked

story of banishing son

what did periander do to the people who killed lycophron

took 300 sons of leading corcyraeans sent them to lydia to castrate but the samians saved them

where did info about cypselid tyrants come from and is this reliable

all expect lycorphron story came from a speech from a corinthian

herodotus unlikely to have access as he is 50 years after

the speech was made about 80 years after tyranny fell

guy making speech wants to paint tyranny badly

crimes attributed to them are very vague