Pisistratus
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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 contain
Statue of Peisistratos
City of ancient Athens and its surrounding towns. The Long Walls shown were not built until the 5th century BC.
Illustration from 1838 by M. A. Barth depicting the return of Pisistratus to Athens, accompanied by a woman dressed as Athena, as described by the Greek historian Herodotus
Men harvesting olives (c. 520 BC); British Museum, London
Classical Athens
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Athens, was a prominent polis of ancient Greece, located in the peninsula of Attica. Athenian democracy was established in 508 BC and remained in place for almost two centuries except for a few brief
Pisistratus
…Pisistratus (also spelled Peisistratus or Peisistratos; Greek: Πεισίστρατος Peisistratos; c. 600 BC – 527 BC) 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…
Early Athenian coin, 5th century BC. British Museum
The Acropolis imagined in an 1846 painting by Leo von Klenze
The Temple of Hephaestus in modern-day Athens
Artist's impression of the Theatre of Dionysus