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  • Never will welcome the god of war in my house; never shall he sing the "Harmodius" at my table; he is a sot, who comes feasting with those who are overflowing with good things and brings all manner of mischief in his train.

    The Acharnians 2000

  • Never will I welcome the god of war in my house; never shall he chant the "Harmodius" at my table; (1) he is a sot, who comes feasting with those who are overflowing with good things and brings all manner of mischief at his heels.

    The Acharnians 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes

  • Never will I welcome the god of war in my house; never shall he chant the 'Harmodius' at my table; [255] he is a sot, who comes feasting with those who are overflowing with good things and brings all sorts of mischief at his heels.

    The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes

  • He noticed on one side the statues of the two Athenian youths Harmodius and Aristogiton taken by Xerxes during his invasion of Greece.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • He noticed on one side the statues of the two Athenian youths Harmodius and Aristogiton taken by Xerxes during his invasion of Greece.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • He noticed on one side the statues of the two Athenian youths Harmodius and Aristogiton taken by Xerxes during his invasion of Greece.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

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

    Annotations 2007

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

    Annotations 2007

  • When Harmodius rejected him, Hipparchus refused to allow Harmodius 'sister to participate in a religious festival, implying that she was not a virgin.

    Annotations 2007

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

    Annotations 2007

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