Harmodius and Aristogeiton
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Harmodius and Aristogeiton
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Harmodius and Aristogeiton were two lovers in Classical Athens who became known as the Tyrannicides for their assassination of Hipparchus, the brother of the tyrant Hippias, for which they were executed. A few years later, in 510 BC, the Spartan king Cleomenes I forced Hippias to go into exile, thereby opening the way to the subsequent democratic reforms of Cleisthenes. The Athenian democrats later celebrated Harmodius and Aristogeiton as national heroes, partially to conceal the role played by
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Two men from ancient Athens
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmodius_and_Aristogeiton
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2004-02-05T12:52:19Z
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2024-09-02T22:51:04Z
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