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subject	book bibliographic info
archaic	Bernabe et al (2013) 2, 38, 39, 53, 101, 105, 106, 111, 160, 165, 168, 172, 202, 203, 206, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 215, 216, 220, 221, 222, 228, 238, 239, 244, 245, 246, 280, 302, 303, 304, 379, 406, 435, 505, 506, 530
archaic, age	Finkelberg (2019) 150, 265, 283
archaic, and classical vs. hellenistic, religion	Meister (2019) 15
archaic, and early texts, latin language	Bruun and Edmondson (2015) 752, 753, 754
archaic, apoikia, settlement abroad, colony, story type of	Kowalzig (2007) 137, 138, 141, 239, 240, 241
archaic, apotropaioi theoi city, anthropological concept	Parker (2005) 3, 379
archaic, ara	Rüpke (2011) 17, 56
archaic, augustus, and the	Rutledge (2012) 265
archaic, beliefs, afterlife	Wolfsdorf (2020) 595, 596, 597
archaic, cippi	Bruun and Edmondson (2015) 699, 700
archaic, city wall, athens	Lalone (2019) 187
archaic, city, athens, as	Parker (2005) 3, 379
archaic, comic poet, caecilius	Howley (2018) 192, 193, 194, 195, 196
archaic, cult athena itonia in boiotia, developed, alkaios	Lalone (2019) 91, 92
archaic, donations	Gygax (2016) 84
archaic, dramatics of truth, alētheia	Wolfsdorf (2020) 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 124
archaic, elite	Gygax (2016) 54, 72, 74, 82, 143
archaic, expressions	Tupamahu (2022) 35, 43
archaic, festival for arten of eretria on, chalcidian vases	Simon (2021) 183
archaic, funerary inscriptions/epitaphs	Bruun and Edmondson (2015) 753
archaic, greece, nobility of birth, in	Barbato (2020) 91, 92, 93
archaic, greece, patronage, in	Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021) 40
archaic, greek polis, crafts/craftsmen/craftwork	Marek (2019) 173
archaic, greek polis, land ownership, in the	Marek (2019) 130
archaic, greek rural society, lending, in	Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021) 51
archaic, greek, architecture	Marek (2019) 118
archaic, greek, architecture, temples, structure only	Marek (2019) 118, 123
archaic, greek, family	Marek (2019) 126
archaic, greek, shrines	Marek (2019) 122, 123, 125
archaic, greek, sibyl	Bacchi (2022) 7, 13, 55, 57, 58, 59, 62, 64, 65, 86, 87, 88, 118, 124, 138, 139, 141, 157, 158, 195
archaic, honorific inscriptions	Gygax (2016) 63
archaic, image of apollo, delos, charites next to	Simon (2021) 265
archaic, inscriptions to athena at tiryns	Simon (2021) 200
archaic, kings, honours, for	Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021) 53
archaic, latin morphology/orthography, latin language	Bruun and Edmondson (2015) 155, 167, 171, 172, 173, 346
archaic, law, greek, early	Gagarin and Cohen (2005) 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93
archaic, oligarchies	Gygax (2016) 74
archaic, period	Edmonds (2019) 217, 233 Vlassopoulos (2021) 75
archaic, period, demos, and elite in the	Gygax (2016) 74, 82, 87, 146
archaic, period, elite, its contributions to the polis in the	Gygax (2016) 74, 75, 76, 79, 84
archaic, period, euergetism, in the	Gygax (2016) 44
archaic, period, festivals, in the	Gygax (2016) 76, 77, 82
archaic, period, ionia, in the	Hallmannsecker (2022) 17
archaic, period, liturgies, in the	Gygax (2016) 79, 80, 81, 216, 217
archaic, period, miletus/milesians, foundation and	Marek (2019) 120, 123, 135, 137
archaic, period, polis	Marek (2019) 126
archaic, pessimism	Versnel (2011) 152, 154, 155, 210
archaic, poleis, athletes, honored in	Gygax (2016) 55, 63, 66, 90
archaic, polis, euergetês, euergetai, in the	Gygax (2016) 55
archaic, public buildings	Gygax (2016) 75
archaic, reception of homer, iliad, late	Folit-Weinberg (2022) 73, 74, 75, 76, 95, 114
archaic, religion of roman	Sider (2001) 50
archaic, sanctuary of dionysus at keos	Simon (2021) 316
archaic, social revolutions	Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021) 224
archaic, stone herms of athens	Simon (2021) 335
archaic, taxes	Gygax (2016) 75
archaic, temple	Gygax (2016) 75, 76

List of validated texts:

12 validated results for "archaic"

1. Hesiod, Works And Days, 166-172, 238 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Archaic Age • Greece, Archaic period • afterlife, archaic beliefs • archaic pessimism

Found in books: Finkelberg (2019) 150; Versnel (2011) 155; Waldner et al (2016) 23; Wolfsdorf (2020) 596, 597

166. ἔνθʼ ἤτοι τοὺς μὲν θανάτου τέλος ἀμφεκάλυψε,'167. τοῖς δὲ δίχʼ ἀνθρώπων βίοτον καὶ ἤθεʼ ὀπάσσας 168. Ζεὺς Κρονίδης κατένασσε πατὴρ ἐς πείρατα γαίης. 169. Πέμπτον δʼ αὖτις ἔτʼ ἄ λλο γένος θῆκʼ εὐρύοπα Ζεὺς 169. ἀνδρῶν, οἳ γεγάασιν ἐπὶ χθονὶ πουλυβοτείρῃ. 169. τοῖσι δʼ ὁμῶς ν εάτοις τιμὴ καὶ κῦδος ὀπηδεῖ. 169. τοῦ γὰρ δεσμὸ ν ἔλυσε πα τὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε. 169. τηλοῦ ἀπʼ ἀθανάτων· τοῖσιν Κρόνος ἐμβασιλεύει. 170. καὶ τοὶ μὲν ναίουσιν ἀκηδέα θυμὸν ἔχοντες 171. ἐν μακάρων νήσοισι παρʼ Ὠκεανὸν βαθυδίνην, 172. ὄλβιοι ἥρωες, τοῖσιν μελιηδέα καρπὸν
238. οἷς δʼ ὕβρις τε μέμηλε κακὴ καὶ σχέτλια ἔργα, '. None

166. And dreadful battles vanquished some of these,'167. While some in Cadmus’ Thebes, while looking for 168. The flocks of Oedipus, found death. The sea 169. Took others as they crossed to Troy fight 170. For fair-tressed Helen. They were screened as well 171. In death. Lord Zeus arranged it that they might 172. Live far from others. Thus they came to dwell,
238. Woe to the wicked men who ousted her. '. None

2. Hesiod, Theogony, 702-712 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Archaic • Greece, Archaic period

Found in books: Bernabe et al (2013) 203; Waldner et al (2016) 25

702. αὔτως, ὡς εἰ Γαῖα καὶ Οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ὕπερθε'703. πίλνατο· τοῖος γάρ κε μέγας ὑπὸ δοῦπος ὀρώρει 704. τῆς μὲν ἐρειπομένης, τοῦ δʼ ὑψόθεν ἐξεριπόντος· 705. τόσσος δοῦπος ἔγεντο θεῶν ἔριδι ξυνιόντων. 706. σὺν δʼ ἄνεμοι ἔνοσίν τε κονίην τʼ ἐσφαράγιζον 707. βροντήν τε στεροπήν τε καὶ αἰθαλόεντα κεραυνόν, 708. κῆλα Διὸς μεγάλοιο, φέρον δʼ ἰαχήν τʼ ἐνοπήν τε 709. ἐς μέσον ἀμφοτέρων· ὄτοβος δʼ ἄπλητος ὀρώρει 710. σμερδαλέης ἔριδος, κάρτος δʼ ἀνεφαίνετο ἔργων. 711. ἐκλίνθη δὲ μάχη· πρὶν δʼ ἀλλήλοις ἐπέχοντες 712. ἐμμενέως ἐμάχοντο διὰ κρατερὰς ὑσμίνας. '. None

702. But when Lord Zeus before the gods arrayed'703. Ambrosia and nectar, they consumed 704. That godly food and all at once resumed 705. Their manly pride. Zeus said, “Bright progeny 706. of Earth and Heaven, hear what my heart bids me 707. To say. The Titans have been wrangling 708. With us so long in hope this war will bring 709. Them victory. Show to unyielding might 710. And face the Titans in this bitter fight. 711. Remember our kind counselling when we 712. Returned you from your dreadful misery '. None

3. Homer, Iliad, 6.146-6.149, 18.117-18.119 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Greece, Archaic period • Homer, Iliad, late archaic reception of • afterlife, archaic beliefs • nobility of birth, in archaic Greece

Found in books: Barbato (2020) 91; Folit-Weinberg (2022) 75; Waldner et al (2016) 17, 21, 22, 23; Wolfsdorf (2020) 596

6.146. οἵη περ φύλλων γενεὴ τοίη δὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν. 6.147. φύλλα τὰ μέν τʼ ἄνεμος χαμάδις χέει, ἄλλα δέ θʼ ὕλη 6.148. τηλεθόωσα φύει, ἔαρος δʼ ἐπιγίγνεται ὥρη· 6.149. ὣς ἀνδρῶν γενεὴ ἣ μὲν φύει ἣ δʼ ἀπολήγει.
18.117. οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδὲ βίη Ἡρακλῆος φύγε κῆρα, 18.118. ὅς περ φίλτατος ἔσκε Διὶ Κρονίωνι ἄνακτι· 18.119. ἀλλά ἑ μοῖρα δάμασσε καὶ ἀργαλέος χόλος Ἥρης.''. None

6.146. Great-souled son of Tydeus, wherefore inquirest thou of my lineage? Even as are the generations of leaves, such are those also of men. As for the leaves, the wind scattereth some upon the earth, but the forest, as it bourgeons, putteth forth others when the season of spring is come; even so of men one generation springeth up and another passeth away.
18.117. even on Hector; for my fate, I will accept it whenso Zeus willeth to bring it to pass, and the other immortal gods. For not even the mighty Heracles escaped death, albeit he was most dear to Zeus, son of Cronos, the king, but fate overcame him, and the dread wrath of Hera. 18.119. even on Hector; for my fate, I will accept it whenso Zeus willeth to bring it to pass, and the other immortal gods. For not even the mighty Heracles escaped death, albeit he was most dear to Zeus, son of Cronos, the king, but fate overcame him, and the dread wrath of Hera. ''. None

4. None, None, nan (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Greece, Archaic period • Law, Greek, early (archaic) • afterlife, archaic beliefs • apoikia (settlement abroad, colony), story type of archaic

Found in books: Gagarin and Cohen (2005) 86; Kowalzig (2007) 137; Waldner et al (2016) 19, 20, 21, 22, 25; Wolfsdorf (2020) 595, 596

5. None, None, nan (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • afterlife, archaic beliefs • archaic pessimism

Found in books: Versnel (2011) 154; Wolfsdorf (2020) 597

6. Herodotus, Histories, 1.146, 6.19.3 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Archaic Greek (Sibyl) • Chalcidian vases, Archaic festival for Arten of Eretria on • Miletus/Milesians, foundation and Archaic period • architecture, temples (structure only), Archaic Greek • shrines, archaic Greek

Found in books: Bacchi (2022) 59; Marek (2019) 120, 123; Simon (2021) 183

1.146. τούτων δὴ εἵνεκα καὶ οἱ Ἴωνες δυώδεκα πόλιας ἐποιήσαντο· ἐπεὶ ὥς γέ τι μᾶλλον οὗτοι Ἴωνες εἰσὶ τῶν ἄλλων Ἰώνων ἢ κάλλιόν τι γεγόνασι, μωρίη πολλὴ λέγειν· τῶν Ἄβαντες μὲν ἐξ Εὐβοίες εἰσὶ οὐκ ἐλαχίστη μοῖρα, τοῖσι Ἰωνίης μέτα οὐδὲ τοῦ οὐνόματος οὐδέν, Μινύαι δὲ Ὀρχομένιοί σφι ἀναμεμίχαται καὶ Καδμεῖοι καὶ Δρύοπες καὶ Φωκέες ἀποδάσμιοι καὶ Μολοσσοὶ καὶ Ἀρκάδες Πελασγοὶ καὶ Δωριέες Ἐπιδαύριοι, ἄλλα τε ἔθνεα πολλὰ ἀναμεμίχαται· οἱ δὲ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ πρυτανηίου τοῦ Ἀθηναίων ὁρμηθέντες καὶ νομίζοντες γενναιότατοι εἶναι Ἰώνων, οὗτοι δὲ οὐ γυναῖκας ἠγάγοντο ἐς τὴν ἀποικίην ἀλλὰ Καείρας ἔσχον, τῶν ἐφόνευσαν τοὺς γονέας. διὰ τοῦτὸν δὲ τὸν φόνον αἱ γυναῖκες αὗται νόμον θέμεναι σφίσι αὐτῇσι ὅρκους ἐπήλασαν καὶ παρέδοσαν τῇσι θυγατράσι, μή κοτε ὁμοσιτῆσαι τοῖσι ἀνδράσι μηδὲ οὐνόματι βῶσαι τὸν ἑωυτῆς ἄνδρα, τοῦδε εἵνεκα ὅτι ἐφόνευσαν σφέων τοὺς πατέρας καὶ ἄνδρας καὶ παῖδας καὶ ἔπειτα ταῦτα ποιήσαντες αὐτῇσι συνοίκεον.' '. None

1.146. For this reason, and for no other, the Ionians too made twelve cities; for it would be foolishness to say that these are more truly Ionian or better born than the other Ionians; since not the least part of them are Abantes from Euboea, who are not Ionians even in name, and there are mingled with them Minyans of Orchomenus, Cadmeans, Dryopians, Phocian renegades from their nation, Molossians, Pelasgian Arcadians, Dorians of Epidaurus, and many other tribes; ,and as for those who came from the very town-hall of Athens and think they are the best born of the Ionians, these did not bring wives with them to their settlements, but married Carian women whose parents they had put to death. ,For this slaughter, these women made a custom and bound themselves by oath (and enjoined it on their daughters) that no one would sit at table with her husband or call him by his name, because the men had married them after slaying their fathers and husbands and sons. This happened at Miletus .
6.19.3. All this now came upon the Milesians, since most of their men were slain by the Persians, who wore long hair, and their women and children were accounted as slaves, and the temple at Didyma with its shrine and place of divination was plundered and burnt. of the wealth that was in this temple I have often spoken elsewhere in my history. ''. None

7. None, None, nan (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Archaic Greek (Sibyl) • Archaic period,

Found in books: Bacchi (2022) 62; Edmonds (2019) 217

8. None, None, nan (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Archaic Greek (Sibyl) • Archaic period,

Found in books: Bacchi (2022) 59; Edmonds (2019) 217

9. None, None, nan (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Archaic Greek (Sibyl) • Archaic period,

Found in books: Bacchi (2022) 59, 118; Edmonds (2019) 217

10. Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2.2.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Archaic • apoikia (settlement abroad, colony), story type of archaic

Found in books: Bernabe et al (2013) 303; Kowalzig (2007) 137

2.2.2. καὶ γίνεται Ἀκρισίῳ μὲν ἐξ Εὐρυδίκης τῆς Λακεδαίμονος Δανάη, Προίτῳ δὲ ἐκ Σθενεβοίας Λυσίππη καὶ Ἰφινόη καὶ Ἰφιάνασσα. αὗται δὲ ὡς ἐτελειώθησαν, ἐμάνησαν, ὡς μὲν Ἡσίοδός φησιν, ὅτι τὰς Διονύσου τελετὰς οὐ κατεδέχοντο, ὡς δὲ Ἀκουσίλαος λέγει, διότι τὸ τῆς Ἥρας ξόανον ἐξηυτέλισαν. γενόμεναι δὲ ἐμμανεῖς ἐπλανῶντο ἀνὰ τὴν Ἀργείαν ἅπασαν, αὖθις δὲ τὴν Ἀρκαδίαν καὶ τὴν Πελοπόννησον 1 -- διελθοῦσαι μετʼ ἀκοσμίας ἁπάσης διὰ τῆς ἐρημίας ἐτρόχαζον. Μελάμπους δὲ ὁ Ἀμυθάονος καὶ Εἰδομένης τῆς Ἄβαντος, μάντις ὢν καὶ τὴν διὰ φαρμάκων καὶ καθαρμῶν θεραπείαν πρῶτος εὑρηκώς, ὑπισχνεῖται θεραπεύειν τὰς παρθένους, εἰ λάβοι τὸ τρίτον μέρος τῆς δυναστείας. οὐκ ἐπιτρέποντος δὲ Προίτου θεραπεύειν ἐπὶ μισθοῖς τηλικούτοις, ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐμαίνοντο αἱ παρθένοι καὶ προσέτι μετὰ τούτων αἱ λοιπαὶ γυναῖκες· καὶ γὰρ αὗται τὰς οἰκίας ἀπολιποῦσαι τοὺς ἰδίους ἀπώλλυον παῖδας καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐρημίαν ἐφοίτων. προβαινούσης δὲ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον τῆς συμφορᾶς, τοὺς αἰτηθέντας μισθοὺς ὁ Προῖτος ἐδίδου. ὁ δὲ ὑπέσχετο θεραπεύειν ὅταν ἕτερον τοσοῦτον τῆς γῆς ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ λάβῃ Βίας. Προῖτος δὲ εὐλαβηθεὶς μὴ βραδυνούσης τῆς θεραπείας αἰτηθείη καὶ πλεῖον, θεραπεύειν συνεχώρησεν ἐπὶ τούτοις. Μελάμπους δὲ παραλαβὼν τοὺς δυνατωτάτους τῶν νεανιῶν μετʼ ἀλαλαγμοῦ καί τινος ἐνθέου χορείας ἐκ τῶν ὀρῶν αὐτὰς εἰς Σικυῶνα συνεδίωξε. κατὰ δὲ τὸν διωγμὸν ἡ πρεσβυτάτη τῶν θυγατέρων Ἰφινόη μετήλλαξεν· ταῖς δὲ λοιπαῖς τυχούσαις καθαρμῶν σωφρονῆσαι συνέβη. καὶ ταύτας μὲν ἐξέδοτο Προῖτος Μελάμποδι καὶ Βίαντι, παῖδα δʼ ὕστερον ἐγέννησε Μεγαπένθην.''. None

2.2.2. And Acrisius had a daughter Danae by Eurydice, daughter of Lacedaemon, and Proetus had daughters, Lysippe, Iphinoe, and Iphianassa, by Stheneboea. When these damsels were grown up, they went mad, according to Hesiod, because they would not accept the rites of Dionysus, but according to Acusilaus, because they disparaged the wooden image of Hera. In their madness they roamed over the whole Argive land, and afterwards, passing through Arcadia and the Peloponnese, they ran through the desert in the most disorderly fashion. But Melampus, son of Amythaon by Idomene, daughter of Abas, being a seer and the first to devise the cure by means of drugs and purifications, promised to cure the maidens if he should receive the third part of the sovereignty. When Proetus refused to pay so high a fee for the cure, the maidens raved more than ever, and besides that, the other women raved with them; for they also abandoned their houses, destroyed their own children, and flocked to the desert. Not until the evil had reached a very high pitch did Proetus consent to pay the stipulated fee, and Melampus promised to effect a cure whenever his brother Bias should receive just so much land as himself. Fearing that, if the cure were delayed, yet more would be demanded of him, Proetus agreed to let the physician proceed on these terms. So Melampus, taking with him the most stalwart of the young men, chased the women in a bevy from the mountains to Sicyon with shouts and a sort of frenzied dance. In the pursuit Iphinoe, the eldest of the daughters, expired; but the others were lucky enough to be purified and so to recover their wits. Proetus gave them in marriage to Melampus and Bias, and afterwards begat a son, Megapenthes.''. None

11. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5.16.6-5.16.7 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Archaic • Keos, Archaic sanctuary of Dionysus at

Found in books: Bernabe et al (2013) 168; Simon (2021) 316

5.16.6. αἱ πόλεις δὲ ἀφʼ ὧν τὰς γυναῖκας εἵλοντο, ἦσαν Ἦλις . ἀπὸ τούτων μὲν αἱ γυναῖκες οὖσαι τῶν πόλεων Πισαίοις διαλλαγὰς πρὸς Ἠλείους ἐποίησαν· ὕστερον δὲ καὶ τὸν ἀγῶνα ἐπετράπησαν ὑπʼ αὐτῶν θεῖναι τὰ Ἡραῖα καὶ ὑφήνασθαι τῇ Ἥρᾳ τὸν πέπλον. αἱ δὲ ἑκκαίδεκα γυναῖκες καὶ χοροὺς δύο ἱστᾶσι καὶ τὸν μὲν Φυσκόας τῶν χορῶν, τὸν δὲ Ἱπποδαμείας καλοῦσι· τὴν Φυσκόαν δὲ εἶναι ταύτην φασὶν ἐκ τῆς Ἤλιδος τῆς Κοίλης, τῷ δήμῳ δὲ ἔνθα ᾤκησεν ὄνομα μὲν Ὀρθίαν εἶναι. 5.16.7. ταύτῃ τῇ Φυσκόᾳ Διόνυσον συγγενέσθαι λέγουσι, Φυσκόαν δὲ ἐκ Διονύσου τεκεῖν παῖδα Ναρκαῖον· τοῦτον, ὡς ηὐξήθη, πολεμεῖν τοῖς προσοίκοις καὶ δυνάμεως ἐπὶ μέγα ἀρθῆναι, καὶ δὴ καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερὸν ἐπίκλησιν Ναρκαίας αὐτὸν ἱδρύσασθαι· Διονύσῳ τε τιμὰς λέγουσιν ὑπὸ Ναρκαίου καὶ Φυσκόας δοθῆναι πρώτων. Φυσκόας μὲν δὴ γέρα καὶ ἄλλα καὶ χορὸς ἐπώνυμος παρὰ τῶν ἑκκαίδεκα γυναικῶν, φυλάσσουσι δὲ οὐδὲν ἧσσον Ἠλεῖοι καὶ τἄλλα καταλυθεισῶν ὅμως τῶν πόλεων· νενεμημένοι γὰρ ἐς ὀκτὼ φυλὰς ἀφʼ ἑκάστης αἱροῦνται γυναῖκας δύο.''. None

5.16.6. The cities from which they chose the women were Elis, The women from these cities made peace between Pisa and Elis . Later on they were entrusted with the management of the Heraean games, and with the weaving of the robe for Hera. The Sixteen Women also arrange two choral dances, one called that of Physcoa and the other that of Hippodameia. This Physcoa they say came from Elis in the Hollow, and the name of the parish where she lived was Orthia. 5.16.7. She mated they say with Dionysus, and bore him a son called Narcaeus. When he grew up he made war against the neighboring folk, and rose to great power, setting up moreover a sanctuary of Athena surnamed Narcaea. They say too that Narcaeus and Physcoa were the first to pay worship to Dionysus. So various honors are paid to Physcoa, especially that of the choral dance, named after her and managed by the Sixteen Women. The Eleans still adhere to the other ancient customs, even though some of the cities have been destroyed. For they are now divided into eight tribes, and they choose two women from each.''. None

12. Diogenes Laertius, Lives of The Philosophers, 1.53 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • demos, and elite in the archaic period • elite, archaic • festivals, in the archaic period • honours, for Archaic kings

Found in books: Gygax (2016) 82; Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021) 53

1.53. I am not the only man who has aimed at a tyranny in Greece, nor am I, a descendant of Codrus, unfitted for the part. That is, I resume the privileges which the Athenians swore to confer upon Codrus and his family, although later they took them away. In everything else I commit no offence against God or man; but I leave to the Athenians the management of their affairs according to the ordices established by you. And they are better governed than they would be under a democracy; for I allow no one to extend his rights, and though I am tyrant I arrogate to myself no undue share of reputation and honour, but merely such stated privileges as belonged to the kings in former times. Every citizen pays a tithe of his property, not to me but to a fund for defraying the cost of the public sacrifices or any other charges on the State or the expenditure on any war which may come upon us.''. None

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