Greek tyrants

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:museum
gptkbp:associatedWith Ancient Greece
gptkbp:contrastsWith democratic leaders
hereditary kings
gptkbp:governedBy city-states
gptkbp:historicalSignificance ended aristocratic rule
sometimes promoted economic and social reforms
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Greek tyrants
gptkbp:legacy term 'tyrant' later acquired negative connotation
gptkbp:meaning ruler who seized power unconstitutionally
gptkbp:methodOfRule autocracy
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Athens
gptkb:Corinth
gptkb:Syracuse
gptkb:Argos
gptkb:Miletus
gptkb:Megara
gptkb:Sicyon
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Cleisthenes_of_Sicyon
gptkb:Pheidon_of_Argos
gptkb:Polycrates
gptkb:Dionysius_I_of_Syracuse
gptkb:Peisistratus
gptkb:Cypselus
gptkb:Periander
Theagenes of Megara
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:nobleman
oligarchs
gptkbp:overthrownBy democratic reforms
oligarchic coups
gptkbp:period 7th century BCE to 5th century BCE
gptkbp:sometimesBenefited gptkb:colonialism
gptkb:cryptocurrency
gptkb:infrastructure
gptkb:military
arts
public works
trade
religious festivals
gptkbp:supportedBy lower classes
gptkbp:termOrigin Greek word 'tyrannos'
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Epistles_of_Phalaris
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7