Fame, Money, and Power: The Rise of Peisistratos and "Democratic" Tyranny at Athens

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Fame, Money, and Power` Fame, Money, and Power THE RISE OF PEISISTRATOS AND “DEMOCRATIC” TYRANNY AT ATHENS B. M. Lavelle THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS ANN ARBOR` Copyright © by the University of Michigan  All rights reserved Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America ∞ Printed on acid-free paper         No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lavelle, Brian M., – Fame, money, and power : the rise of Peisistratos and “democratic” tyranny at Athens / B. M. Lavelle. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN --- (cloth : alk. paper) . Pisistratus, ?– or  B.C. . Athens (Greece)—History—Age of Tyrants, – B.C. . Dictators—Greece—Athens—Biography. I. Title. DF.PL  ′.—dc  ISBN13 978-0-472-11424-5 (cloth) ISBN13 978-0-472-02581-7 (electronic) This book is dedicated to my mother and my father who gave of themselves, all that they had, and who taught their children that a life not led for others is no life at all. Te amo, te amo.` ...