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:''Haec commentatio ad Pisistratum Atheniensium tyrranum, Hippocratis filium spectat. Si quem alium Pisistratum quaeris, vide s.v. [[Pisistratus (discretiva)]]''

 

<!-- According to [[Plutarch]] he was the [[eromenos]] of the Athenian lawgiver [[Solon]],<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''The Lives,'' "Solon"</ref> he assisted Solon in his endeavours, and fought bravely in the conquest of [[Salamis Island|Salamis]] (however, the Athenian Constitution, written by Aristotle, directly contradicts this and says that there was no relationship and that it was 'palpable nonsense'). When Solon left Athens, Peisistratos became leader of the party of the Highlands (poor, rural people) in 565 BC. Peisistratos used a clever scheme, calling for bodyguards after he pretended to be attacked. Those bodyguards were composed of the people of the Highlands who had entered Athens. In 561 BC he seized the [[Acropolis, Athens|Acropolis]] with this group of bodyguards, becoming ''turannos'' (tyrant). His rule did not last - he was driven out by [[Lycurgus]], [[Megacles]] and others from the party of the Coast within the year. He returned in 559 BC with the help of Megacles, who had split from Lycurgus. Megacles had allied with Peisistratus on the condition that Peisistratos marry Megacles' daughter. The Athenians were persuaded by Megacles that [[Athena]] was bringing Peisistratus home and Peisistratus returned from exile in a carriage accompanied by a tall woman (whose name is Phya, according to Herodotus) disguised as [[Athena]] in a suit of armor. Later, Megacles was angered by the fact that Peisistratos refused to have children with his daughter and because Pisistratus lay with her in an unnatural way, and Peisistratos was again exiled in 556 BC by Lycurgus and Megacles. He went to [[Euboea]] and remained there for almost ten years, becoming quite rich through [[mining]]. He returned to Athens in 546 BC with a considerable force and regained power with the support of [[Lygdamis of Naxos]]. This time he worked well to retain his position. Peisistratus rewarded Lygdamis by making him tyrant of [[Naxos, Greece|Naxos]].