Statue of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, Naples. Roman copy of the Athenian version by Kritios and Nesiotes (see below)
Harmodius (Greek: Ἁρμόδιος, Harmódios) and Aristogeiton (Ἀριστογείτων, Aristogeíton; both died 514 BC) were two lovers in Classical Athens who became known as the Tyrannicides (τυραννόκτονοι, tyrannoktonoi) 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 Sparta in the removal of the Athenian tyranny. Cleisthenes notably commissioned the famous statues of the Tyrannicides.
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Harmodius (Greek: Ἁρμόδιος, Harmódios) andAristogeiton (Ἀριστογείτων, Aristogeíton; both died 514 BC) were two lovers in Classical Athens who became...
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to Kritios, who worked together with Nesiotes (sculptors of HarmodiusandAristogeiton) or their school, from around 480 BC. As currently mounted, the...
contrary, as the lover of Harmodius, for whom he decided to overthrow the tyrant Hipparchus. Hipparchus had feelings for Harmodius, and he tried to humiliate...
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assassination of the tyrants Hippias and Hipparchus during the Panathenaea in 514 BC by HarmodiusandAristogeiton was often regarded as the birth of Athenian...
Hippias and Hipparchus, the latter of which was murdered by the tyrannicides HarmodiusandAristogeiton. Hippias executed the tyrannicides and it was said...
resident alien (with the sole exception of the descendants of HarmodiusandAristogeiton), should be exempt from the public charges (leitourgiai) for the...
about 500 BC statues began to depict real people. The statues of HarmodiusandAristogeiton were erected in Athens to celebrate the assassination of the last...
Persian army across the Bosphorus and campaigns unsuccessfully against the Scythians on the Danube. HarmodiusandAristogeiton, two men from ancient Athens...
connotations. The murder of Peisistratus' son, the tyrant Hipparchus by Aristogeitonand Harmodios in Athens in 514 BC marked the beginning of the so-called...
by HarmodiusandAristogeiton, who were subsequently honored by the Athenians for their alleged restoration of Athenian freedom. The greatest and longest-lasting...
Hippias and Hipparchus was conceived by two lovers, HarmodiusandAristogeiton, after Hipparchus had unsuccessfully solicited the younger Harmodiusand subsequently...
portraiture. The statues of HarmodiusandAristogeiton, set up in Athens mark the overthrow of the aristocratic tyranny, and have been said to be the first...
The following is a chronological list of notable heads of governments and heads of state deaths that have resulted from assassination or execution. This...
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