Harmodius

Harmodius (d.514 BC) was an Athenian who in 514 B.C. conspired with Aristogeiton, his friend, against Hipparchus and his brother Hippias, the tyrant, but being betrayed were put to death. Harmodius and Aristogeiton then become known as the Tyrannicides for assassinating Hipparrchus, the offence for which they were executed. However, they figured in the traditions of Athens as political martyrs, and as such were honoured with statues. Athenian democrats celebrated them as national heroes. Cleisthenes, a democrat, commissioned the famous statues of the Tyrannicides.

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