Hipparchos
Family: Athenian · Role: son of Peisistratos and brother of Hippias · First appears: Book 5 · §52–62
Life events
- Aristogeiton and Harmodios killed Hipparchos.(Book 5 · §52–62)
- With: Aristogeiton Harmodios
- “when Hipparchos the son of Peisistratos and brother of the despot Hippias, after seeing a vision of a dream which signified it to him plainly, had been slain by Aristogeiton and Harmodios”
- Harmodios and Aristogeiton killed Hipparchos.(Book 6 · §116–125 · 📍 Athens)
- With: Harmodios Aristogeiton
- “for these my slaying Hipparchos exasperated the rest of the family of Peisistratos, and did not at all cause the others to cease from their despotism;”
- Hipparchos drove Onomacritos from Athens after Lasos caught him interpolating an oracle.(Book 7 · §1–7 · 📍 Athens)
- With: Onomacritos
- “For Onomacritos had been driven forth from Athens by Hipparchos the son of Peisistratos, having been caught by Lasos of Hermion interpolating in the works of Musaios an oracle”
Book 5 · §52–62
- parent: Peisistratos (Peisistratos is the father of Hipparchos.) “When Hipparchos the son of Peisistratos and brother of the despot Hippias, after seeing a vision of a dream which signified it to him plainly, had been slain by Aristogeiton and Harmodios, who were originally by descent Gephyraians, the Athenians continued for four years after this to be despotically governed no less than formerly,--nay, even more.”
- siblings with Hippias “When Hipparchos the son of Peisistratos and brother of the despot Hippias, after seeing a vision of a dream which signified it to him plainly, had been slain by Aristogeiton and Harmodios, who were originally by descent Gephyraians, the Athenians continued for four years after this to be despotically governed no less than formerly,--nay, even more.”
- with Aristogeiton (Aristogeiton was one of the men who killed Hipparchos.) “When Hipparchos the son of Peisistratos and brother of the despot Hippias, after seeing a vision of a dream which signified it to him plainly, had been slain by Aristogeiton and Harmodios, who were originally by descent Gephyraians, the Athenians continued for four years after this to be despotically governed no less than formerly,--nay, even more.”
- with Harmodios (Harmodios was one of the men who killed Hipparchos.) “When Hipparchos the son of Peisistratos and brother of the despot Hippias, after seeing a vision of a dream which signified it to him plainly, had been slain by Aristogeiton and Harmodios, who were originally by descent Gephyraians, the Athenians continued for four years after this to be despotically governed no less than formerly,--nay, even more.”
Book 6 · §116–125
- with Harmodios (Harmodios is included among the pair referred to as having slain Hipparchos.) “for these my slaying Hipparchos exasperated the rest of the family of Peisistratos, and did not at all cause the others to cease from their despotism”
- with Aristogeiton (Aristogeiton is included among the pair referred to as having slain Hipparchos.) “for these my slaying Hipparchos exasperated the rest of the family of Peisistratos, and did not at all cause the others to cease from their despotism”
Book 7 · §1–7
- parent: Peisistratos (Peisistratos is the parent.) “Hipparchos the son of Peisistratos”
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