Peisistratid
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Peisistrat(us) + -id, ultimately from Ancient Greek Πεισίστρατος (Peisístratos).
Adjective
[edit]Peisistratid (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the Ancient Greek tyrant Peisistratus (ruled 546–527 B.C.E.) or his family, particularly his two sons, Hipparchus and Hippias.
- 1964, A. French, Growth of the Athenian Economy, London: Routledge; Kegan Paul, →ISBN, page 60:
- As long as urban conditions were kept tolerable, the issue might never be pressed, and later writers comment on the mild and enlightened atmosphere of Peisistratid rule.
References
[edit]- “Pisistratid, n. and adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.