Megacles forced this man into exile after he refused to have children with Megacles's daughter, and he had returned from a previous exile with the help of a tall woman dressed as Athena.
He distributed land grants to his poor followers, called the highlanders. He also installed a system of water pipes and sought to give his city a favorable balance of trade. Megacles forced this man into exile after he refused to have children with Megacles's daughter, and he had returned from a previous exile with the help of a tall woman dressed as Athena. According to Herodotus, he was responsible for the Persians looking unfavorably on Athens. Named for one of Nestor's sons in the Illiad and succeeded by his sons Hippias and Hipparchus, for ten points, name this three-time Athenian tyrant.
He distributed land grants to his poor followers, called the highlanders.
{Pisistratus} (accept also Peisistratus, Psistratus, Pesistratus)