Pisistratus

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title: Pisistratus
text: Pisistratus was a politician in ancient Athens, ruling as tyrant in the late 560s, the early 550s and from 546 BC until his death. His unification of Attica, the triangular peninsula of Greece containing Athens, along with economic and cultural improvements laid the groundwork for the later pre-eminence of Athens in ancient Greece. His legacy lies primarily in his institution of the Panathenaic Games, historically assigned the date of 566 BC, and the consequent first attempt at producing a defin
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description: 6th-century BC tyrant of ancient Athens
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisistratus
date created: 2007-02-21T19:57:58Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T22:51:22Z
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