Aiantides of Lampsakos
Aiantides was a tyrant of the ancient Greek city of Lampsakos . He was the son of the tyrant Hippoklos and married Archedike , a daughter of the Athenian tyrant Hippias , whose grave inscription quoted by Thucydides describes her as the daughter, wife, sister and mother of tyrants. Aiantides took in his father-in-law Hippias when he was 510 BC. Was expelled from Athens.
literature
- Johannes Kirchner : Aiantides 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 929.
Remarks
- ^ Thucydides , Peloponnesian War 6, 59, 3.
- ^ Thucydides, Peloponnesian War 6, 59, 4.
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| SURNAME | Aiantides of Lampsakos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aeantides |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tyrant of Lampsakus |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr. |