I. Introduction I
    1. Foreword I
    2. Sources 9
    3. Method    13
    4. Democratic Tyranny   15

II. The Path to Fame
    The Early Lfe and Career of Peisistratos  17
    1. Introduction 17
    2. Pylians and Neleidai 18
       A. Testimony and Introduction  18
       B. "Mycenaeans" in Eastern Attika  19
       C. Political Advantages of the Neleid Myths 23
       D. Conclusions 27
    3. Family Background and Incipient Ambition 29
    4. Peisistratos and the Megarian War 30
       A. Background to the Peisistratan Phase of the War 30
           i. The Stakes and Course of the War to the Late
             Seventh Century B.C.E.  30
          2. The Kylonian Episode, Its Results, and Their Significance
             for the Megarian War 36
          3. Solon and Salamis 45
       B. Peisistratos' War Leadership 46
       C. Megala Erga (Great Deeds) 49





       D. Nisaia   52
          I. The Testimonies ofAineias Taktikos and Others 52
          2. Toward a Reconstruction from Context 56
       E. Manipulation of Myth and the Megarian War 60
       F Summary      64

III. Money, Persuasion, and Alliance
    The Early Tyrannies of Peisistratos 66
    1. Introduction  66
    2. Peisistratos' First Tyranny 67
       A. Herodotos and the "Parties" ofAttika 67
           i. Introduction 67
           2. The Solonian Factions 73
           3. Solonian Context/Herodotean Conformance 76
           4. Appearances and Realities in Herodotos 78
           5. The Herodotean Context for the Parties 82
           6. The Parties and the Deception of the Demos: Spliced
             Strands of Explanation for the First Tyranny  83
           7. The Herodotean Re-creation of Megakles' Role
             in the Events  87
        B. Reconstruction of Events Leading to Peisistratos' First Tyranny  89
        C. Peisistratos' First Tyranny: Its Nature and Functioning 90
           I. The Early "Partnership" with Megakles 90
           2. The Akropolis and the "Club-Bearers" (komnephoroi) 92
           3. Peisistratos' Governance and the End of the First Entente
             with Megakles 96
     3. Peisistratos'Second Tyranny 98
        A. Introduction 98
        B. Peisistratos and "Athena":The Significance of the
           Phye Pageant   99
        C. Peisistratos and Megakles' Daughter: A Father's
           Righteous Indignation   I07
        D. Summary     II2
           I. Herodotos and Megakles   112
           2. Peisistratos' Second Tyranny I 14

 IV The Tide of Wealth and Power
     Peisistratos' Exile, Return, and "Rooting" of the Tyranny  16
     1. The Thracian Sojourn   I16




      A. Introduction:The Strategy for Return 116
      B. Rhaikelos   I19
          I. Location of the Peisistratid Settlement  II9
          2. The Settlement's Nature and Functions I20
          3. Peisistratos' Role in the Thermaic Gulf: Oikistes, Condottiere,
            or Strategos? 121
         4. Peisistratos' Company at Rhaikelos 123
         5. Summary 125
       C. The Strymon Enterprise   126
          I. Introduction: Lures and Deterrents of the "Regions
            around Pangaion"  126
          2. Location of the Peisistratid Settlement  127
          3. Peisistratos and the Mines of Pangaion  129
          4. The Nature and Purpose of the Peisistradid Settlement on
            the Strymon: The Examples of Histiaios and Aristagoras  131
          5. Summary    133
    2. The Pallene Campaign I34
       A. Preliminaries: Eretria 134
          I. Koisyra and the Eretrian Hippeis 134
          2. Lygdamis and Deeds before Pallene 136
       B. Resources   139
          i. The "Catalogue" ofAllies  139
          2. Peisistratos' Chremata and Its Uses  142
       C. The Battle  143
          I. Tactics Implied by Herodotos'Account  143
          2. Pallene in Fifth-Century Context: Problems at Source  146
          3. Toward Reconstruction   149
       D. Aftermath   I50
          I. The End of the Campaign 150
          2. Exiles and Hostages? 15I
          3. Summary     153

V. Summary 155
     1. The Three Reins of the "Democratic"Tyrant 155
       A. Fame and Popularity   I55
       B. Chremata and Persuasion   157
       C. Power Begetting Power 160
    2. Reflections of the Sixth-Century Democratic
       Prototype in Democratic Athens  I62





       A. The Formula for Leadership 162
       B. Patterns of Tyrannical Behavior among Early
          Democratic Athenian Leaders 163

    APPENDICES
A. The Site of the Attic Deme Philaidai 17I
B. The Environment of Eastern Attika in the
    Sixth Century B.C.E. I80
C. Prosopography I9I
D. Peisistratos' Chronology 2zI
E. The Origins of the Herodotean Parties  2I9
F. The Site of Rhaikelos 222
G. Peisistratos and the Purification of Delos
    Actions and Intentions 228
H. Sophokles and Herodotos on the Foundations of Tyranny
    Oedipous Tyrannos 540-42   23

    Notes 237
    Bibliography 335
    Index 355
    Illustrations following page 146

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