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Podcast: The History of Ancient Greece
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016 The "Age of Tyranny"
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:46:35
Publish Date: 2016-07-17 19:00:00
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In this episode, we discuss the new political phenomena arising in various parts of the Greek world in the 7th and 6th centuries BC, called tyranny, by focusing on four poleis in the Peloponnese in particular as case studies for its cause: Pheidon of Argos (the military cause), Kypselos and Periander of Corinth (the economic cause), Cleisthenes of Sicyon (the ethnic cause), and Theogenes of Megara (the unsuccessful attempt)

Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2016/07/016-age-of-tyranny.html
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