tyrannos

There is a lot of good political theory on this- Locke, the author of the vindiciae contra tyrannos and plenty of others write at length about it and are worth reading.

[tyranny] at what point is its removal legitimate 2008

No useless waiting for a concession speech, Segolene Royal is a democrat, not a fake one as our local banana republic tyrannos.

The electoral results in France are in: Sarkozy wins by 6 points 2007

Jump a couple of millennia, do the necessary adjustments, and images of a certain country and its tyrannos will come to mind.

From Athens to Caracas 2007

Metus inquam mortis, infamiae cruciatus, sunt ille utrices furiae quae tyrannos exagitant, &c. Multo acerbius sauciant et pungunt, quam crudeles domini servos vinctos fustibus ac tormentis exulcerare possunt.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Sacrorum gent.descript. non bene meritos solum, sed et tyrannos pro diis colunt, qui genus humanum horrendum in modum portentosa immanitate divexarunt, &c. foedas meretrices,

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

The Huguenot author (either Languet or Duplessis-Mornay) of the Vindiciae contra tyrannos

SOCIAL CONTRACT MICHAEL LEVIN 1968

_Ego adolescentulos existimo in scholis stultissimos fieri, quia nihil ex iis, quæ in usu habemus, aut audiunt aut vident; sed piratas cum catenis in littore stantes, et tyrannos edicta scribentes, quibus imperent filiis, ut patrum suorum capita præcidant; sed responsa in pestilentiâ data, ut virgines tres aut plures immolentur; sed mellitos verborum globos, et omnia dicta factaque quasi papavere et sesamo sparsa.

A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus

Reuven's book on the Egyptian Museum, which I have not seen, notices an invocation to "the winged beetle, the monarch ([Greek: tyrannos]) of mid-heaven," concluding with a devout wish that some poor creature "may be dashed to pieces."

Notes and Queries, Number 13, January 26, 1850 Various

A. Elkan: _Die Publizistik der Bartholomäusnacht und Mornays Vindiciae contra tyrannos_.

The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910

It was in the most patient period of Roman servitude that themes of tyrannicide made the ordinary exercise of boys at school—cum perimit sævos classis numerosa tyrannos.

Paras. 100-124 1909