Introduction -- The path to fame : the early life and career of Peisistratos -- Money, persuasion, and alliance : the early tyrannies of Peisistratos -- The tide of wealth and power : Peisistratos' exile, return, and "rooting" of the tyranny -- Summary -- The site of the attic Deme Philaidai -- The environment of eastern Attika in the sixth century B.C.E. -- Prosopography -- Peisistratos' chronology -- The origins of the Herodotean parties -- The site of Rhaikelos -- Peisistratos and the purification of Delos : actions and intentions -- Sophokles and Herodotos on the foundations of tyranny : Oedipous Tyrannos 540-42
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-354) and index