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  • As a result, Harmodius and Aristogeiton assassinated him at the festival of Panathenaea that year.

    Annotations 2007

  • March 15 (1798) celebrate Harmodius and Aristogeiton as liberators and tyrannicides. bugbear

    Annotations 2007

  • In 514 BCE, Hipparchus was murdered by Harmodius and Aristogeiton, two members of the Gephyraei family, at the Panathenaea festival.

    Annotations 2007

  • He hardly saw the roses, he ignored spring, he did not hear the carolling of the birds; the bare throat of Evadne would have moved him no more than it would have moved Aristogeiton; he, like

    Les Miserables 2008

  • Our first piece is a skolion for the Athenian lovers Aristogeiton and Harmodius, who assassinated the tyrant Hipparchus in 514 BCE, using swords they had concealed in ceremonial myrtle wreaths.

    Rad Geek People’s Daily – 2008 – March – 15 2008

  • Our first piece is a skolion for the Athenian lovers Aristogeiton and Harmodius, who assassinated the tyrant Hipparchus in 514 BCE, using swords they had concealed in ceremonial myrtle wreaths.

    Tyrannicide Day 2008 2008

  • For example, most Athenians think that Hipparchus was actually tyrant when he was slain by Harmodius and Aristogeiton; they are not aware that Hippias was the eldest of the sons of Peisistratus, and succeeded him, and that Hipparchus and Thessalus were only his brothers. 23 At the last moment,

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • ‘E meg’ ‘Athenaioisi phoos geneth’ enik’ ‘Aristogeiton

    Hiero 2007

  • Harmodius and Aristogeiton suddenly suspected that Hippias had been forewarned by some of their accomplices.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Boeotians, approve of them; others, like the Ionians, and most of the barbarians, disapprove of them; partly because they are aware of the political dangers which ensue from them, as may be seen in the instance of Harmodius and Aristogeiton.

    The Symposium 2006

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