WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tyrant: sole ruler in a Greek city-state, usually an usurper, who held power in defiance of a city’s constitution. Originally, the word did not have any negative connotations. The Greek word tyrannos is probably derived from Lydian tûran, “lord", and simply means “sole ruler".

Detailed explanation-2: -Most historians date the Great Age of Greek Tyranny from 750 to 500 BCE, ending with the ousting of Hippias; however, some authors extend the period into the 4th century BCE, embracing the despotic rule of Cassander in Macedonia as well as the tyrannies of Dionysius I and II in Syracuse.

Detailed explanation-3: -Peisistratus, also spelled Pisistratus, (born 6th century-died 527 bce), tyrant of ancient Athens whose unification of Attica and consolidation and rapid improvement of Athens’s prosperity helped to make possible the city’s later preeminence in Greece.