person
Hippias of Athens
Hippias
also: Hippiasz
Hippias (died 490 BC), son of the Athenian tyrant Peisistratos, expelled from Athens and guide to the Persian army at Marathon. In scene 5 he appears as antagonist to Miltiades, embodying tyranny's alliance with foreign conquest.
Reading notes
- The Tragedy of Man §5 Hippias / Hippiasz
Hippias (died 490 BC), son of the Athenian tyrant Peisistratos, expelled from Athens and guide to the Persian army at Marathon. In scene 5 he appears as antagonist to Miltiades, embodying tyranny's alliance with foreign conquest.