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Periander (/ˌpɛriˈændər/; Gr****: Περίανδρος; died c. 585 BC) was the
second tyrant of the
Cypselid dynasty that
ruled over
ancient Corinth. Periander's...
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ruled for
thirty years and in 627 BC was
succeeded as
tyrant by his son
Periander, who was
considered one of the
Seven Sages of Greece. The
treasury Cypselus...
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condition that
Periander go to Corcyra. The
Corcyreans heard about this and
killed Lycophron to keep away
Periander. 581 BC:
Periander's nephew and successor...
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mainly a
tourist attraction. The
Corinth canal concept originated with
Periander of
Corinth in the 7th
century BC.
Daunted by its enormity, he
chose to...
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Rhetus periander, the
Periander metalmark or
variable beautymark, is a
butterfly of the
family Riodinidae. It is
found in most of
Central and
South America...
- mentions,
Herodotus records a myth
involving the
tyrant of Corinth,
Periander.
Periander was
estranged from his
younger son, Lycophron, who
believed that...
- romanized: Lukóphrōn) was the
second son of the
Corinthian tyrant Periander.
Periander beat his wife, Melissa, to
death in a fit of anger. Lycophron, on...
- an ally of
Periander, the
tyrant of Corinth. He
features in a
famous anecdote from Herodotus's Histories, in
which a
messenger from
Periander asks Thrasybulus...
- his son,
Periander.
Periander was less po****r than his
father and was
reputed to be more brutal. Nevertheless,
under Cypselus and
Periander, Corinth...
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stories with the same
theme are
found in Aristotle's
Politics (in
which Periander, the
tyrant of Corinth,
makes the
gesture to a
herald of Thrasybulus,...
