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First Hero-Statues
The first men ever to have a public statue made of them—men who were not kings—were these two: Harmodius and Aristogeiton. They tried to kill a dictator (then called a tyrant: a man who had taken power by force) and … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient Greece, Athens, freedom fighters, Greek statue, liberators, Persians, tyrannicide
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