Fame, Money, and Power : The Rise of Peisistratos and 'Democratic' Tyranny at Athens

by: Lavelle, B.M.

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Introduction
1 (154)
Foreword
1 (8)
Sources
9 (4)
Method
13 (2)
Democratic Tyranny
15 (2)
The Path to Fame
The Early Life and Career of Peisistratos
17 (1)
Introduction
17 (1)
Pylians and Neleidai
18 (11)
Testimony and Introduction
18 (1)
``Mycenaeans'' in Eastern Attika
19 (4)
Political Advantages of the Neleid Myths
23 (4)
Conclusions
27 (2)
Family Background and Incipient Ambition
29 (1)
Peisistratos and the Megarian War
30 (36)
Background to the Peisistratan Phase of the War
30 (1)
The Stakes and Course of the War to the Late Seventh Century B.C.E.
30 (6)
The Kylonian Episode, Its Results, and Their Significance for the Megarian War
36 (9)
Solon and Salamis
45 (1)
Peisistratos' War Leadership
46 (3)
Megala Erga (Great Deeds)
49 (3)
Nisaia
52 (1)
The Testimonies of Aineias Taktikos and Others
52 (4)
Toward a Reconstruction from Context
56 (4)
Manipulation of Myth and the Megarian War
60 (4)
Summary
64 (2)
Money, Persuasion, and Alliance
The Early Tyrannies of Peisistratos
66 (1)
Introduction
66 (1)
Peisistratos' First Tyranny
67 (31)
Herodotos and the ``Parties'' of Attika
67 (1)
Introduction
67 (6)
The Solonian Factions
73 (3)
Solonian Context/Herodotean Conformance
76 (2)
Appearances and Realities in Herodotos
78 (4)
The Herodotean Context for the Parties
82 (1)
The Parties and the Deception of the Demos: Spliced Strands of Explanation for the First Tyranny
83 (4)
The Herodotean Re-creation of Megakles' Role in the Events
87 (2)
Reconstruction of Events Leading to Peisistratos' First Tyranny
89 (1)
Peisistratos' First Tyranny: Its Nature and Functioning
90 (1)
The Early ``Partnership'' with Megakles
90 (2)
The Akropolis and the ``Club-Bearers'' (korunephoroi)
92 (4)
Peisistratos' Governance and the End of the First Entente with Megakles
96 (2)
Peisistratos' Second Tyranny
98 (18)
Introduction
98 (1)
Peisistratos and ``Athena'': The Significance of the Phye Pageant
99 (8)
Peisistratos and Megakles' Daughter: A Father's Righteous Indignation
107 (5)
Summary
112 (1)
Herodotos and Megakles
112 (2)
Peisistratos' Second Tyranny
114 (2)
The Tide of Wealth and Power
Peisistratos' Exile, Return, and ``Rooting'' of the Tyranny
116 (1)
The Thracian Sojourn
116 (1)
Introduction: The Strategy for Return
116 (3)
Rhaikelos
119 (7)
Location of the Peisistratid Settlement
119 (1)
The Settlement's Nature and Functions
120 (1)
Peisistratos' Role in the Thermaic Gulf: Oikistes, Condottiere, or Strategos?
121 (2)
Peisistratos' Company at Rhaikelos
123 (2)
Summary
125 (1)
The Strymon Enterprise
126 (8)
Introduction: Lures and Deterrents of the ``Regions around Pangaion''
126 (1)
Location of the Peisistratid Settlement
127 (2)
Peisistratos and the Mines of Pangaion
129 (2)
The Nature and Purpose of the Peisistradid Settlement on the Strymon: The Examples of Histiaios and Aristagoras
131 (2)
Summary
133 (1)
The Pallene Campaign
134 (21)
Preliminaries: Eretria
134 (1)
Koisyra and the Eretrian Hippeis
134 (2)
Lygdamis and Deeds before Pallene
136 (3)
Resources
139 (1)
The ``Catalogue'' of Allies
139 (3)
Peisistratos' Chremata and Its Uses
142 (1)
The Battle
143 (1)
Tactics Implied by Herodotos' Account
143 (3)
Pallene in Fifth-Century Context: Problems at Source
146 (3)
Toward Reconstruction
149 (1)
Aftermath
150 (1)
The End of the Campaign
150 (1)
Exiles and Hostages?
151 (2)
Summary
153 (2)
Summary
155 (82)
The Three Reins of the ``Democratic'' Tyrant
155 (7)
Fame and Popularity
155 (2)
Chremata and Persuasion
157 (3)
Power Begetting Power
160 (2)
Reflections of the Sixth-Century Democratic Prototype in Democratic Athens
162 (9)
The Formula for Leadership
162 (1)
Patterns of Tyrannical Behavior among Early Democratic Athenian Leaders
163 (8)
APPENDICES
A. The Site of the Attic Deme Philaidai
171 (9)
B. The Environment of Eastern Attika in the Sixth Century B.C.E.
180 (11)
C. Prosopography
191 (19)
D. Peisistratos' Chronology
210 (9)
E. The Origins of the Herodotean Parties
219 (3)
F. The Site of Rhaikelos
222 (6)
G. Peisistratos and the Purification of Delos Actions and Intentions
228 (3)
H. Sophokles and Herodotos on the Foundations of Tyranny Oedipous Tyrannos 540--42
231 (6)
Notes 237 (98)
Bibliography 335 (20)
Index 355

The sixth century is a very contentious time; Fame, Money, and Power unambiguously advances our understanding of Peisistratos and archaic Athens. No one else has tackled so many of the difficult issues that Lavelle has taken on."--David Tandy, University of Tennessee"Well researched and engaging, [Fame, Money, and Power] painstakingly builds [its] case for how the various phases of Peisistratos's career developed."--Tony Podlecki, University of British ColumbiaThe Athenian "golden age" occurred in the fifth century B.C.E. and was attributed to their great achievements in art, literature, science, and philosophy. However, the most important achievement of the time was the political movement from tyranny to democracy. Though tyranny is thought to be democracy's opposite and deadly enemy, that is not always the case. In Fame, Money, and Power, Brian Lavelle states that the perceived polarity between tyranny and democracy does not reflect the truth in this instance.The career of the tyrant Peisistratos resembles the careers and successes of early democratic soldier-politicians. As with any democratic political system, Peisistratos' governance depended upon the willingness of the Athenians who conceded governance to him. This book attempts to show how the rise of Peisistratos fits into an essentially democratic system already entrenched at Athens in the earlier sixth century B.C.E.Emerging from the apparent backwater of eastern Attika, Peisistratos led the Athenians to victory over their neighbors, the Megarians, in a long, drawn out war. That victory earned him great popularity from the Athenians and propelled him along the road to monarchy. Yet, political success at Athens, even as Solon implies in his poems, depended upon the enrichment of the Athenian d?mos, not just fame and popularity. Peisistratos tried and failed two times to "root" his tyranny, his failures owing to a lack of sufficient money with which to appease the demos. Exiled from Athens, he spent the next ten years amassing money to enrich the Athenians and power to overcome his enemies. He then sustained his rule by grasping the realities of Athenian politics. Peisistratos' tyrannies were partnerships with the d?mos, the first two of which failed. His final formula for success, securing more money than his opponents possessed and then more resources for enriching the d?mos, provided the model for future democratic politicians of Athens who wanted to obtain and keep power in fifth-century Athens.

Fame, Money, and Power : The Rise of Peisistratos and 'Democratic' Tyranny at Athens

by: Lavelle, B.M.

• ISBN-13: 9780472114245 / 978-0-472-11424-5
• ISBN-03: 0472114247 / 0-472-11424-7
• The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 2005

Price: 78,00 EURO

1 copy in stock