The people of the Greek city of…

561 BCE to 550 BCE

The people of the Greek city of Himera on the northern coast of Sicily elect the Akragan tyrant Phalaris general with absolute power, in spite of the warnings of the celebrated Italian-born Greek lyric poet poet Stesichorus.

Reportedly a major innovator in lyric versification who drew on a variety of epic sources to create unique poetic narratives, Stesichorus dies in 556, having spent his long life writing in Himera.

His work survives only in fragments.

Locations
Himera Sicilia Italy View →

People
Phalaris View → Stesichorus View →

Groups
Greece, classical View → Sicily, classical View → Italy, classical View → Himera, (Dorian-Ionian Greek) city-state of View → Akragas (Dorian Greek) city-state of View →

Topics
Younger Subboreal Period View → Iron Age Europe View → Iron Age Cold Epoch View → Classical antiquity View →

Subjects
Writing View → Environment View → Government View →

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