Word: pisistratus
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...Athens the dictatorial governments of Solon, Pisistratus and Pericles marked the most brilliant stations in the evolution of democracy. ... As I repeatedly said, even when I was in power, I never believed that dictatorial rule could ever be a permanent and durable political regime. . . . I consider that by means of favorable conditions created through a temporary disregard of formalities, it is possible to solve problems and render such service as no parliamentary government would be able to achieve despite its good will. I wish that Greece may prosper in peace and happiness and may never again need my services...
This morning in Harvard 1, at 12 o'clock, Professor Dorpfeld will discuss the situation of Enneacrunus, the famous fountain of Athens which Thucydides tells us, in the fifteenth chapter of the second book of his History, was beautified and adorned by the tyrant Pisistratus. His interpretation of this famous passage will give members of the University a capital opportunity to observe his method...
...scholars today agree that the Homeric poems are neither the work of one man, as the Greeks believed, non a collection of independent lays collected and arranged by Pisistratus, as the early student of the Homeric question maintained. The questions in regard to the order of the parts, and the number of authors who had a hand in their composition, are still under discussion, and can never be definitely settled...
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