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Polycrates, Tyrant of Samos

Name: Polycrates, Tyrant of Samos
Author: Aideen Carty

New Light on Archaic Greece

Aideen Carty,

262 pages
English
PDF
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eBook - PDF

Polycrates, Tyrant of Samos

New Light on Archaic Greece

Aideen Carty,

About this book

This is the first intensive analysis of one of the most significant figures in Greek history: Polycrates, the 6th century BC Greek tyrant of Samos island, who was renowned for unassailable control of the Aegean Sea when Egypt and Persia were competing for dominance in the area. Polycrates played a pivotal role in this tumultuous period, and in the histories of Archaic Greece, Achaemenid Persia, and Saïte Egypt. The chronological extent of this e-book ranges from the late 7th century BC to Polycrates' death in 522 BC. Key questions concern the basis of his tyranny within the context of earlier Samian history, his alliance with Egypt, his possible support for the Persian invasion of Egypt c. 525 BC, and the reason for an attack on him by Sparta at roughly the same time.

With sensitive use of Near Eastern evidence, a new picture emerges of Greek relations with the Near Eastern empires – one that has profound implications for traditional concepts of both tyranny and voluntary mercenary service in the archaic period.

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