Home1810 Edition

HARMODIUS

Volume 5 · 42 words · 1810 Edition

a friend of Aristogiton, who delivered his country from the tyranny of the Pisistratidae. (See ARISTOGITON.) The Athenians, to reward the patriotism of these illustrious citizens, made a law that no one should ever after bear the name of Aristogiton or Harmodius.