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Peisistratos

600 BC - 527 BC

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Pisistratus (also spelled Peisistratus or Peisistratos; Ancient 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 containing Athens, along with economic and cultural improvements laid the groundwork for the later pre-eminence of Athens in ancient Greece. His legacy lies primarily in his institution of the Panathenaic Games, historically assigned the date of 566 BC, and the consequent first attempt at producing a definitive version of the Homeric epics. Pisistratus' championing of the lower class of Athens is an early example of populism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peisistratos is the 393rd most popular politician (up from 445th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Greece (up from 49th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Greek Politician.

Peisistratos was most famous for his use of tyrants to rule Athens.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peisistratos ranks 393 out of 19,576Before him are Yitzhak Rabin, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Rudolf Höss, Vyacheslav Molotov, Peter III of Russia, and Charles I of Anjou. After him are Olof Palme, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Ashurbanipal, Stephen I of Hungary, Gerhard Schröder, and Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Peisistratos ranks 5Before him are Cyrus the Great, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Tomyris, and Esther. After him are Lucretia, Servius Tullius, Ānanda, Yaśodharā, Maya, Belshazzar, and Mardonius. Among people deceased in 527 BC, Peisistratos ranks 2Before him is Mahavira.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Peisistratos ranks 41 out of 1,024Before him are Gorgias (-483), Themistocles (-524), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), Cleisthenes (-565), Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), and Leonidas I (-540). After him are Theophrastus (-371), Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), Miltiades (-540), Aristarchus of Samos (-311), Pope Sixtus II (215), and Alcibiades (-450).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Peisistratos ranks 12Before him are Kösem Sultan (1590), Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Demosthenes (-384), Cleisthenes (-565), Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), and Leonidas I (-540). After him are Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), Alcibiades (-450), Irene of Athens (752), Xanthippe (-500), Constantine II of Greece (1940), and Ptolemy II Philadelphus (-308).