Tyrants were generaally wealthy landowners who were brought to power by the lower classes who had become tired of being held down and exploited by the oligarchs (small number of aristocrats) ruling the city-states. The tyrant was put in sole charge on the understanding that he ruled to the general good. They were vilified by those who had been replaced and today the word has a bad meaning. To the majority of people who got a fair deal from them they were a godsend.
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Tyrants played an important role in the development of rule by the people. They let other people besides nobles to have a say in government, like in democracy. They showed that if common people united, they could gain the power to make changes.
There are no tyrants in Greece. Greece is a democratic country.Answer:In its past Greece had many tyrants. Essentially tyrants, then as now, seize power outside of the democratic processes of the society. Tyranny is usually looked on as bad thing as there is no peaceful way to change to a different leader.
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Ancient Greece had many tryrants.AthensPisistratus,Hipparchus & HippiasTheramenes, Critias, and ChariclesAgrigentum (Acragas)PhalarisTheronAtarneusHermias of AtarneusArgosPheidonByzantiumClearchus of SpartaCorinthCypselusPeriander, son of CypselusPsammetichusCyprusNicocreonEphesusAthenagorasPindarusPasiclesGelaCleandrusHippocratesGelonHieron IPolyzalusHeraclea PonticaClearchusTimotheusDionysiusOxyathresHalicarnassusArtemisiaKataneEuarchusDeinomenesMamercusMegaraTheagenesMiletusAmphitresThrasybulusHistiaeusAristagorasThoasDamasanorTimarchusMytileneMelandrusMyrsilusCoesNaxosLygdamisPelleneChaeronPheraeJasonAlexanderRhegiumAnaxilasSamosDemotelesSylosonPolycratesDourisSicyonOrthagorasMyron IAristonymusMyron II and IsodemusCleisthenesAeschinesCleonTidasSyracuseGelonHieron IThrasybulusDionysius the ElderDionysius the YoungerDionNysaeosTimoleonAgathoclesIcetasToinonSosistratusHiero IIGelon IIHieronymusAdranodorosHippocratesEpicydesAcestoridesApollocratesHeracleides
Democracy had its origins in ancient Greece.
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