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

Contents

Contents ` I. Introduction  . Foreword  . Sources  . Method  . Democratic Tyranny  II. The Path to Fame The Early Life and Career of Peisistratos  . Introduction  . Pylians and Neleidai  A. Testimony and Introduction  B. “Mycenaeans” in Eastern Attika  C. Political Advantages of the Neleid Myths  D. Conclusions  . Family Background and Incipient Ambition  . Peisistratos and the Megarian War  A. Background to the Peisistratan Phase of the War  . The Stakes and Course of the War to the Late Seventh Century ...  . The Kylonian Episode, Its Results, and Their Significance for the Megarian War  . Solon and Salamis  B. Peisistratos’ War Leadership  C. Megala Erga (Great Deeds)  xii  D. Nisaia  . The Testimonies of Aineias Taktikos and Others  . Toward a Reconstruction from Context  E. Manipulation of Myth and the Megarian War  F. Summary  III. Money, Persuasion, and Alliance The EarlyTyrannies of Peisistratos  . Introduction  . Peisistratos’ First Tyranny  A. Herodotos and the “Parties” of Attika  . Introduction  . The Solonian Factions  . Solonian Context/Herodotean Conformance  . Appearances and Realities in Herodotos  . The Herodotean Context for the Parties  . The Parties and the Deception of the De – mos: Spliced Strands of Explanation for the First Tyranny  . The Herodotean Re-creation of Megakles’ Role in the Events  B. Reconstruction of Events Leading to Peisistratos’FirstTyranny  C. Peisistratos’ First Tyranny: Its Nature and Functioning  . The Early “Partnership” with Megakles  . The Akropolis and the “Club-Bearers” (korune – phoroi )  . Peisistratos’ Governance and the End of the First Entente with Megakles  . Peisistratos’ Second Tyranny  A. Introduction  B. Peisistratos and “Athena”:The Significance of the Phye Pageant  C. Peisistratos and Megakles’ Daughter:A Father’s Righteous Indignation  D. Summary  . Herodotos and Megakles  . Peisistratos’ Second Tyranny  IV. The Tide of Wealth and Power Peisistratos’ Exile, Return, and “Rooting” of theTyranny  . The Thracian Sojourn  A. Introduction:The Strategy for Return  B. Rhaike – los  . Location of the Peisistratid Settlement  . The Settlement’s Nature and Functions  . Peisistratos’ Role in the Thermaic Gulf: Oikiste – s, Condottiere, or Strate – gos?  . Peisistratos’ Company at Rhaike – los  . Summary  C. The Strymon Enterprise  . Introduction: Lures and Deterrents of the “Regions around Pangaion”  . Location of the Peisistratid Settlement  . Peisistratos and the Mines of Pangaion  . The Nature and Purpose of the Peisistradid Settlement on the Strymon:The Examples of Histiaios and Aristagoras  . Summary  . The Palle – ne – Campaign  A. Preliminaries: Eretria  . Koisyra and the Eretrian Hippeis  . Lygdamis and Deeds before Palle – ne –  B. Resources  . The “Catalogue” of Allies  . Peisistratos’ Chre – mata and Its Uses  C. The Battle  . Tactics Implied by Herodotos’Account  . Palle – ne – in Fifth-Century Context: Problems at Source  . Toward Reconstruction  D. Aftermath  . The End of the Campaign  . Exiles and Hostages?  . Summary  V. Summary  . The Three Reins of the “Democratic”Tyrant  A. Fame and Popularity  B. Chre – mata and Persuasion  C. Power Begetting Power  . Reflections of the Sixth-Century Democratic Prototype in Democratic Athens  Contents xiii A. The Formula for Leadership  B. Patterns of Tyrannical Behavior among Early Democratic Athenian Leaders   A. The Site of the Attic Deme Philaïdai  B. The Environment of Eastern Attika in the Sixth Century B.C.E.  C. Prosopography  D. Peisistratos’ Chronology  E. The Origins of the Herodotean Parties  F. The Site of Rhaike – los  G. Peisistratos and the Purification of Delos Actions and Intentions  H. Sophokles and Herodotos on the Foundations of Tyranny OedipousTyrannos –  Notes  Bibliography  Index  Illustrations following page  xiv  ...