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List of ancient Greek tyrants

List of ancient Greek tyrants

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This is a list of tyrants from Ancient Greece.

Abydus

Agrigentum (Acragas)

Alabanda

Ambracia

  • Gorgus, son of Cypselus, fl. 628-600 BC
  • Periander, until 580 BC, son of Gorgus and grandson of Periander of Corinth
  • Archinus, 6th century BC [5]

Amastris

Argos

Assos & Atarneus

Astacus

  • Evarchus, c. 430-420 BC[8]

Athens

Byzantium

Cardia

  • Hecataeus, fl. 323 BC [9]

Camarina

Cassandreia

Catane

Chalcis (Euboea)

Chersonese

Chios

Cibyra

  • Moagetes, fl. 190 BC [12]

Corcyra

Corinth

Cos

  • Scythes, late 6th century BC
  • Cadmus, resigned 494 BC
  • Nicias of Cos, 1st century BC
  • Nicippus, 1st century (with Nicias)

Croton

  • Cylonius, c. 530 BC
  • Cleinias, c. 504-495 BC
  • Menedemus, until 295 BC (conquered and  †)

Cumae

Cyme

Cyprus

Cyrene

Cyzicus

  • Aristagoras, c. 513 BC [14]

Dardanos

  • Mania, killed by her son-in-law c. 399 BC

Elatea

Elea

Elis

Ephesus

  • Athenagoras, 6th century BC
  • Pythagoras, 6th century BC
  • Pindarus, around 560 BC
  • Aristarchus, around 545-540 BC
  • Pasicles, 540-530 BC, killed when returning from a feast.
  • Aphinagorus, fl. 530 BC
  • Comas, fl. 530 BC
  • Phanes
  • Melancomas, around 500 BC
  • Hegesias, 4th century BC
  • Syrpax, until 334 BC (stoned)
  • Melancomas II, fl. 214 BC

Epidaurus

Eretria

Gela

Halicarnassus

Heraclea Pontica

Hermione

  • Xenon, stepped down 229 BC

Himera

Keryneia

Lampsacus

Larissa

Leontini

Lindos

Locri

Megalopolis

Megara

Messana

  • Scythes, c. 494 BC
  • Cadmus, c. 494-490 BC
  • Anaxilas, c. 490-476 BC
  • Micythus, c. 476-467 BC (retired)
  • Leophron, c. 467-461 BC (popular revolt)
  • Hippon, c. 338 BC
  • Cios the Mamertine, c. 269 BC  (POW)

Messene

  • Phyliades, before 336 BC (?)

Methymnae

Miletus

Mytilene

  • Melandrus, late 7th century BC
  • Myrsilus, late 7th century BC, (Alcaeus was against him)
  • Pittacus, fl. 600 BC (resigned after ten years)
  • Coes, c. 507-499 BC (stoned)

Naxos

Orchomenus

  • Aristomelidas, Archaic period (?)
  • Nearchus, 234 BC (resigned)

Oreus

  • Philistides, c. 341 BC (expelled)
  • Menippus, c. 341 BC (expelled)

Parium

  • Herophantus, c. 513 BC

Pellene

Pharsalus

Pherae

Phlius

  • Leo, c. 540 BC
  • Cleonymus, before 229 BC (resigned)

Phocaea

  • Laodamas, c. 513 BC

Phocis

  • Aulis, fl. c. 520 BC
  • Phayllus, fl. 352 BC

Pisa

  • Damophon, before 7th century BC (?)
  • Pantaleon, fl. 660-644 BC
  • Damophon, fl. 588 BC
  • Pyrrhus, 6th century BC

Priene

  • Hieron of Priene, 300-297 BC

Proconnesus

  • Metrodorus, c. 513 BC

Rhegium

Samos

Selinus

  • Theron, 6th/5th century BC
  • Pythagoras, 6th/5th century BC
  • Euryleon of Sparta, 6th/5th century BC (killed)

Sicyon

Sigeum

  • Hegesistratus, fl. 510 BC[19]

Sinope

Sparta

Sybaris

Syracuse

Tarentum

  • Aristophylidas, c. 516-492 BC[21]

Tarsus

  • Lysias, before 67 BC [22]

Tauromenium

Thasos

  • Symmachus, c. 520 BC [23]

Thebes

  • Leontiades, 382-379 BC (killed)
  • Archias, 382-379 BC (killed)

Zeleia

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    Heraclides Lembus, Excerpta Politiarum, 69."Ἀκραγαντίνων: […] μεθ’ ὃν Ἀλκαμένης παρέλαβε τὰ πράγματα, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον Ἄλκανδρος προέστη, ἀνὴρ ἐπιεικής. καὶ εὐθένησαν οὕτως ὡς περιπόρφυρα ἔχειν ἱμάτια." (Constitution of the Acragantines. […] After him [i.e. Phalaris] Alcamenes seized the power, and after him, Alcander, a righteous man, governed. And they flourished to such an extent that they had himations fringed with purple”.) (DILTS 1971)
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    Diod.22.7.2,Polyaen.5.37.1
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    Aristotle, Constitution of Athens,17.4
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    Memnon of Heraclea,Chapter 9
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    Thucydides in Book II of his History of the Peloponnesian War
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    Hecataetus entry
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    Thucydides
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    Deipnosophistae,book 5,215
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    Polyaenus: Stratagems,BOOK 2,1.27
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    Athenaeus, Deipnosophists, §7.288
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