This is a list of tyrants from Ancient Greece.
Abydus
- Daphnis, c. 500 BC under Darius I (pro persian)[1]
- Philiscus, c. 368-360 BC (assassinated)
- Iphiades, 360-? BC[2]
Agrigentum (Acragas)
- Phalaris, 570-554 BC (overthrown and roasted)
- Telemachus, after 554 BC
- Alcamenes, 6th/5th century BC[3]
- Alcandros (Alcander), 6th/5th century BC[3]
- Theron, 488-472 BC
- Thrasydaeus, 472 BC (expelled and executed)
- Phintias, c. 288-279 BC
- Sosistratus, 279-277 BC. Later tyrant in Syracuse[4]
Alabanda
- Aridolis, 480 BC (POW)
- Amyntas, after 480 BC
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
- Amastris, until 284 BC
- Eumenes, 284 until c. 270 BC (hands city over to Kingdom of Pontus)[6]
Argos
- Eubulus, before 351 BC
- Hermias, 351-342 BC
- Evarchus, c. 430-420 BC[8]
Cardia
- Hecataeus, fl. 323 BC [9]
- Euarchus, 729 BC-?, founder of Catane[10]
- Deinomenes the Younger, fl. 470-465 BC
- Mamercus of Catane, 345-338 BC
- Moagetes, fl. 190 BC [12]
- Scythes, late 6th century BC
- Cadmus, resigned 494 BC
- Nicias of Cos, 1st century BC
- Nicippus, 1st century (with Nicias)
- Cylonius, c. 530 BC
- Cleinias, c. 504-495 BC
- Menedemus, until 295 BC (conquered and †)
Cyme
- Aristagoras, c. 513 BC [14]
Dardanos
- Mania, killed by her son-in-law c. 399 BC
- 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
- Xenon, stepped down 229 BC
- 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)
- Phyliades, before 336 BC (?)
- 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)
- Aristomelidas, Archaic period (?)
- Nearchus, 234 BC (resigned)
- Philistides, c. 341 BC (expelled)
- Menippus, c. 341 BC (expelled)
- Leo, c. 540 BC
- Cleonymus, before 229 BC (resigned)
Phocis
- Aulis, fl. c. 520 BC
- Phayllus, fl. 352 BC
- Damophon, before 7th century BC (?)
- Pantaleon, fl. 660-644 BC
- Damophon, fl. 588 BC
- Pyrrhus, 6th century BC
- Hieron of Priene, 300-297 BC
- Demoteles, 7th century BC[15]
- Syloson, c. 538 BC
- Polycrates, c. 538-522 BC
- Maiandrius, c. 522 BC (reintroduced democracy)
- Charilaus, c. 522 BC
- Syloson, again c. 521 BC
- Aeaces, around 513 BC, reinstalled after 494 BC
- Theomestor, after 480 BC[16]
- Duris, c. 280 BC
- Theron, 6th/5th century BC
- Pythagoras, 6th/5th century BC
- Euryleon of Sparta, 6th/5th century BC (killed)
- Orthagoras, from 676 BC
- Myron the Elder, fl. 648 BC , former Olympian winning in chariot race[17]
- Myron the Younger?
- Aristonymus,father of Cleisthenes
- Isodemus[18]
- Cleisthenes, 600-560 BC
- Aeschines, 560-556 BC removed by the Spartans
- Euphron, 368-366 BC (assassinated)
- Aristratus, fl. c. 340 BC
- Epichares (?), fl. c. 330 BC
- Cratesipolis, 314-308 BC (bribed)
- Cleon, c. 300-280 BC (assassinated)
- Euthydemus, c. 280-270 BC (expelled)
- Timocleidas, c. 280-270 BC (expelled)
- Abantidas, 264-252 BC (assassinated)
- Paseas, 252-251 BC (assassinated)
- Nicocles, 251 BC (expelled by Aratus of Sicyon)
- Hegesistratus, fl. 510 BC[19]
- Gelon, 491-478 BC
- Hieron I, 478-466 BC
- Thrasybulus, 466-465 BC (expelled, democracy restored)
- Dionysius the Elder, 405-367 BC
- Dionysius II, the Younger, 367-357 BC
- Apollocrates, 357 BC
- Heracleides, 357 BC
- Dion, 357-354 BC
- Calippus, 354-352 BC
- Hipparinus, 352-351 BC
- Aretaeus, 352-350 BC
- Nysaeos, 350-346 BC
- Dionysius II, the Younger, (restored, 346-344 BC)
- Timoleon, 345-337 BC
- Agathocles, 320 BC (banished)
- Acestorides, 320-319 BC
- Agathocles, 317-289 BC
- Hicetas, 289-279 BC
- Thoenon, 279 BC ,See Siege of Syracuse (278 BC)
- Sosistratus, 279-277 BC[4]
- Hieron II, 275-215 BC
- Gelon II, c. 240-216 BC
- Hieronymus, 215-214 BC
- Adranodoros, 214-212 BC
- Hippocrates, 213-212 BC
- Epicydes, 213-212 BC
- Aristophylidas, c. 516-492 BC[21]
- Lysias, before 67 BC [22]
- Andromachus, fl. 344 BC
- Tyndarion, fl. 278 BC
- Symmachus, c. 520 BC [23]
- Leontiades, 382-379 BC (killed)
- Archias, 382-379 BC (killed)
References
- ^ a b Herodotus, Histories,4.138
- ^ Aeneas Tacticus, 28.6–7,"Ἰφιάδης εἶναι Ἀβυδηνὸς κατὰ Ἑλλήσποντον καταλαμβάνων Πάριον ἄλλα τε περὶ τὴν ἀνάβασιν νυκτὸς ἐπὶ τοῦ τείχους λάθρᾳ παρεσκευάσατο207 καὶ ἁμάξας πληρώσας φρυγάνων καὶ βάτων παρέπεμψεν πρὸς τὸ τεῖχος, ἤδη τῶν πυλῶν κεκλεισμένων, ὡς τῶν Παριανῶν οὔσας τὰς ἁμάξας, αἵτινες208 ἐλθοῦσαι πρὸς τὰς πύλας ηὐλίζοντο, ὡς φοβούμεναι πολεμίους. 7 ἃς ἔδει ἐν καιρῷ τινι ὑφαφθῆναι, ἵνα αἱ πύλαι ἐμπρησθῶσι καὶ πρὸς τὸ σβεννύειν τῶν Παριανῶν ὁρμησάντων αὐτὸς κατὰ ἄλλον τόπον εἰσέλθῃ."
- ^ a b 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)
- ^ a b Diod.22.7.2,Polyaen.5.37.1
- ^ Aristotle, Constitution of Athens,17.4
- ^ Memnon of Heraclea,Chapter 9
- ^ Pausanias,2.21.8
- ^ Thucydides in Book II of his History of the Peloponnesian War
- ^ Hecataetus entry
- ^ Thucydides
- ^ Plutarch, Solon,14.4
- ^ Strabo,13.4
- ^ Aristophanes, Politica. v. 12. 1315 b 26; Nicolaus Damascenus, fr. 60, Fragmenta historicorum Graecorum iii. 393
- ^ Herodotus,Histories,4.138
- ^ Plutarch, Greek Questions 57
- ^ Herodotus 8.85,Herodotus,9.90
- ^ Pausanias,6.19.1
- ^ Frontinus’ “Strategemata”.
- ^ Herodotus,5.94
- ^ Plutarch,Pericles, 20
- ^ Herodotus,3.136.2
- ^ Deipnosophistae,book 5,215
- ^ Polyaenus: Stratagems,BOOK 2,1.27
- ^ Athenaeus, Deipnosophists, §7.288
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