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Hippias (tyrant) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hippias of Athens (Ancient Greek: Ἱππίας ὁ Ἀθηναῖος) was one of the sons of Peisistratus, and was tyrant of Athens in the 6th century BC. Hippias succeeded Peisistratus in 527 BC, and in 525 BC he in...
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Hippias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hippias of Elis (Greek: ; late 5th century BCE) was a Greek Sophist, and a contemporary of Socrates. With an assurance characteristic of the later sophists, he claimed to be regarded as an authority ...
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Hippias was a sophist, a contemporary of Socrates, and an enthusiast for universality.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Hippias (tyrant of Athens), 490 bc tyrant of Athens from 528/527 to 510 bc. He was a patron of poets and craftsmen, and under his rule Athens prospered. After the assassination of his brother Hipparchus (514), however, Hippias was driven to repressive measures. ... ADD TO YOUR SITE...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Hippias Of Elis (Greek philosopher), 5th century bcElis, in the Peloponnese, Greece Sophist philosopher who contributed significantly to mathematics by discovering the quadratrix, a special curve he may have used to trisect an angle. ... quadratrix of Hippias (geometry)
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Biography of Hippias (BB^Y-about 400 BC) ... Hippias of Elis was a statesman and philosopher who travelled from place to place taking money for his services. He lectured on poetry, grammar, history, politics, archaeology, mathematics and astronomy. Plato describes him as a vain man being both arrogant and boastful,
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Hippias for Kids - Hippias, the tyrant of Athens ... When Pisistratus died, his two sons, Hippias and Hipparchus, took over ruling Athens as tyrants. Hippias seems to have taken care of most of the politics, while Hipparchus took care of religious matters and the gods.
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