City, Dates, and Information | Dictator |
Athens, 546-528 BC; established Panathenaia festival; compiled standard editions of Homeric poems | |
Corinth, c. 620 BC; built a ramp across the Isthmus of Corinth; murdered his wife Melissa | |
Halicarnassus, c. 480 BC; Xerxes' only female advisor; supported the Persians at the Battle of Salamis | |
Miletus, c. 500 BC; revolted against Persia; sought support from Athens | |
Samos, 538-522 BC; patron of Anacreon; allied with Persia against Egypt | |
Sicyon, 600-560 BC; father-in-law of Megacles of Athens | |
Syracuse, 491-478 BC; conquered Syracuse; defeated the Carthaginians at Himera | |
Byzantium, c. 400 BC; originally from Sparta; led the Army of the Ten Thousand in Persia | |
Megara, c. 600 BC; attacked the rich aristocracy of Megara; father-in-law of Cylon of Athens | |
Argos, c. 670 BC; developed the first Greek weights and measures; defeated Sparta at the Battle of Hysiae | |
Was the first legislator of ancient Athens, Greece, 7th century BC. He replaced the prevailing system of oral law and blood feud by a written code to be enforced only by a court. B | |
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