2024年12月24日 · Tyranny - Greek, Oppression, Despotism: Greek attitudes toward tyranny, as already noted, changed over time, shaped by external events. In the beginning the tyrant figures in the poetic sources as an enviable status, something to which an aristocrat might aspire.

2022年11月28日 · Most historians date the Great Age of Greek Tyranny from 750 to 500 BCE, ending with the ousting of Hippias; however, some authors extend the period into the 4th century BCE, embracing the despotic rule of Cassander in Macedonia as well as the tyrannies of Dionysius I and II in Syracuse.

A tyrant (from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos) 'absolute ruler'), in the modern English usage of the word, is an absolute ruler who is unrestrained by law, or one who has usurped a legitimate ruler's sovereignty.

2024年12月24日 · tyranny, in the Greco-Roman world, an autocratic form of rule in which one individual exercised power without any legal restraint. In antiquity the word tyrant was not necessarily pejorative and signified the holder of absolute political power.

tyrant, a cruel and oppressive ruler or, in ancient Greece, a ruler who seized power unconstitutionally or inherited such power. In the 10th and 9th centuries bce, monarchy was the usual form of government in the Greek states.

The term ‘tyrant’ was first used in Greek in around the 7th century BC, but it didn’t have negative connotations for at least half a century. In this piece, I will look at 7 notable Greek tyrants; they ruled different city states including Athens, Corinth, and Megara.

2024年8月29日 · Tyranny in Ancient Greece is epitomized by several notable figures who shaped its political landscape. These tyrants wielded significant power and influenced city-state governance through their unique approaches and policies.

In ancient Greece, a tyrant was basically a person who inherited power or seized power unconstitutionally. It was different from a monarchy. The rulers were not always brutal or cruel and hence the current meaning of tyranny and the old meaning were a little different.

In ancient Greece, tyrants were influential opportunists who came to power by securing the support of different factions of a deme. The word “tyranny”, then carried no ethical censure and merely referred to anyone, good or bad, who obtained executive power in a polis by unconventional means.

2018年9月3日 · A tyrant—also known as a basileus or king—in ancient Greece meant something different from our modern concept of a tyrant as simply a cruel and oppressive despot. A tyrant was little more than an autocrat or leader who had overturned an existing regime of a Greek polis and was, therefore, an illegitimate ruler, a usurper.