Hippias

Hippias (c. 570 BC – 490 BC) was tyrant of Athens, son of Pisistratus. He was expelled from Athens, applied to the Persians to reinstate him, and kindled the first Persian War with Greece. He fell at Marathon in 490 BC.

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Hippocrates, Hippocrene, Hippodamia, Hippolyte, Hippolyte Adolphe Taine