tyranny to democracy quotes

examples of peisistratus being kind

‘well disposed towards the people’

‘compassionate, merciful,, and inclined to pardon those who did wrong’

‘he took a tenth of the income from produce as a tax’ this was low

all aristotle

examples of peisistratus being peaceful aristotle and thucydides

‘carried out public business more as a citizen than a tyrant’

‘always provided peace’

‘managed matters in the city with moderation’

aristotle

‘use of violence would have gone against the general character of the peisitratid’s rule’ - thuc.

examples of peisistratus being popular

‘many people amongst both the aristocracy and the ordinary people supported him’

‘city fell down and worshipped him’

‘then he fell from favour’

all asristotle

result of the murder of hipparchus

athens ‘subjects of a tyranny even stronger and more all-encompassing than ever before’ her

thuc says the tyranny became much harsher

thuc. saying hippias was oppressive

‘constant dread which he had instilled in his citizens’

‘the tyranny simply became more oppressive’

aristotle saying hippias was oppressive

after these things the tyranny was much harsher

importance of alcmeonids in ending tyranny

‘they did far more to free athens than harmodios and aristogeiton’ her.

polycrates building accomplishments

eupalanian aqueduct

harbour at samps

temple of hera

was polycrates killed because he was unpopular

no, herodotus says oreotes had ‘never been injured or insulted by polycrates’ yet instead it was because of what someone else had said to him

‘some local bloke is currently in charge of it after leading a revolt with fifteen hoplites’

why was polycrates different to other greek leaders

‘he was the first to aim for naval dominance’ according to herodotus

‘had a strong navy’ - thucydides

herodotus saying polycrates was popular

‘no king of any greek race could be compared with polycrates’ magnificence’

‘all of his military campaigns were successful’

opposition to isagoras and cleomenes from inside athens and sparta

‘the people laid seige to them for two days’

‘difference of opinion between the spartan kings’ - both her.

who was most responsible for overthrow of tyrants according to aristotle

‘the alcmaeonids were perhaps the most responsible for the overthrow of the tyrants’

cleisthenes reforms by aristotle

‘divided the people into ten tribes… so that more would share political power’

‘set up the boule as 500 instead of 400’

‘when these things had been done the constitution was far more democratic than solons’

polycrates power and military success

‘all of his campaigns were successful’ - her.

‘plundered everywhere indiscriminantly’ - her.

‘had a strong navy’ - thuc.

polycrates being harsh ruler

‘intending to burn the lot’ the exiled samians families (her.)

periander being weird

‘killing his wife melissa’ her.

‘he became even more bloodthirsty than Cypselus’

‘one day he stripped every corinthian woman naked’

‘he had had sex with melissa’s dead body’

periander being unpopular

corcyra ‘killed the young man so periander would not come to their country’ - her.

‘he exiled many corinthians…killed many corinthians’

cleisthenes being popular

‘he had won over the people’ - her.

cleomenes and isagoras attempting to come back

‘he banished 700 athenian families’ - her.

‘cleomenes and isagoras seized the acropolis’

was democracy popular

hero. says ‘proved the benefits of equality’ and that ‘without their tyrants, however, they were undoubtedly superior to all’

why did spartans want to restore hippias and did they face opposition

‘they realised that the athenians would have equal power to them if they remained free’ her.

‘it did not go down well with most of their allies’

periander being peaceful

‘peace was made… by periander’ her.

athenian attitudes towards tyrants

‘mardonius deposed all the ionian tyrants’ - her

‘kept ostracising the friends of the tyrants’

athenian democracy in action

‘feared the power of all their citizens’ - nepos

‘first time they used the law concerning ostracism’ - aristotle

‘remove anyone else if they seemed to be too dominant’ aristotle

aristides ideologies and personality

‘he preffered an aritocratic form of government’ and he was ‘a firm character, intent on justice, according to plutarch

‘calm and in control’

‘most determined supporter of justice’

‘so aristides withdrew it’

‘he proves clearly that large sums of money had been embezzled’

‘he wrote his name on the ostrakon’

themistocles character

plutarch - ‘ always suggesting reckless changes’

‘reckless, unscrupulous and easily carried away by his impulsiveness’

contrast of themistocles being like a tyrant and aristides being democratic

aristide’handed it over to militiades’ (control of war for his one day)

themistocles ‘had made himself the king of athens’

themistocles - ‘i never want to sit on a tribunal where i shall not be able to give my friends an dvantage over strangers’

plutarch

old oligarch quote about importance of democracy

‘it is the people who crew the ships and give strength to the city’

positive aspects of themistocles

thuc says ‘he made the citizens more confident and courageous’

‘in this he provided the athenians with riches’ - this was in reference to the 100 triremes he built with the taxes

‘the extent to wich this contributed to the safety of greece was realised in the persian war’

‘he was on good terms with the people’ - plutarch

‘safe and unbiased’ - plutarch

‘the greeks were saved by their domination of the seas’ - plutarch

growth of athens as a powerful city

‘marched against the chaldicians to punish them’

cleisthenes reforms

her. says ‘increased the number of their tribes and gave them new names’

‘he had won over the people’

aristotle says ‘he wanted to mix them up so that more would share in political power’

‘when these things had been done the constitution was far more democratic than solon’s’

‘so that they did not greet each other with their father’s names’

plutarch source analysis

• likes to write biographies - emphasis on character

• writing 500 years after

• how does he know the little details

• ostracisms backed up by archeological evidence

aristotle source anaylsis

• aristocrat - therefore when peisistratus removed power from aristocrats and stays popular amongst aristotle he is reliable

  • lives two centuries after events

name of statues for aristogeiton and harmodios

tyrannicide statues

thucydides

main focus is the peloponnese war so wouldn’t be informed on democracy

80 years after so quite close to events

nepos

writing around the time and good contempory source

miltiades hero

do not ‘submit in slavery to the persians’

‘if you accept my opinion on what to do, our fatherland will be free’

both herodotus