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HBH 36: The Greek Dark Ages, The Archaic Age, and Thales the Wise

The History of Being Human

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The History of Athens and the Death Penalty

Tyront was a much less loaded term for the Greeks than it is for us today. To the ancient Greeks, it didn't mean an oppressive demagogue who ruled unjustly according to his every whim. Most polices were ruled over by an autocrat called Atyron. Even though their rule was autocratic, most of them ruled according to an understood, written down, codified set of laws.

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