Tyrannicide
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Tyrannicide or tyrannomachia is the killing or assassination of a tyrant or unjust ruler. Tyrannicide was heavily encouraged in Classical Greece. The killing of Clearchus of Heraclea in 353 BC by a co
Benjamin Franklin's suggestion for the Great Seal of the United States included the phrase "Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God."
Statue of Harmodius and Aristogeiton
Hipparchus was a member of the ruling class of Athens and one of the sons of Pisistratus. He was a tyrant of the city of Athens from 528/527 BC until his assassination by the tyrannicides Harmodius an
Tyrannicide
…also called a "tyrannicide". The term originally denoted the action of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, who are often called the Tyrannicides, in killing Hipparchus of Athens in 514 BC. Tyrannicide can also be a political theory and, as an allegedly justified form of the crime of murder, a dilemmatic case in the philosophy…
Death of the tyrant Hipparchus, by the Syriskos Painter, 475–470 BC
Hypparchus insults Harmodius's sister in public
A depiction of the assassination of Hipparchus