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Harmodius
With Aristogiton, the Athenian 'tyrannicide' who helped kill Hipparchus (514 BC); honored at Athens though the tyranny was not in fact ended by the deed.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §7.15.2 Harmodius and Aristogiton
The Athenian 'tyrannicides' who killed Hipparchus (514 BC); honored for the deed though the tyranny outlived it — virtue shining short of its effect.
- On Tranquility of Mind §5.1 Harmodiuses
Harmodius, who with Aristogiton killed the tyrant Hipparchus (514 BC) and became Athens's emblem of tyrannicide; 'so many Harmodiuses' = liberators enough to free the city.