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Peisistratus
Tyrant who seized power briefly in Athens in the 560s BC, and permanently from 546 to 527 BC. He was a relatively benign ruler who presided over Athens at a time of increasing prosperity. He appears to have built temples and may have begun the Panathenaic festival.
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