Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, active 6th century B.C.

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Name (Latin)
Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, active 6th century B.C.
Other forms of name
Falari, active 6th century B.C
Phalaride, active 6th century B.C
nnea Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, 6th cent. B.C
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 100205952
Wikidata: Q452265
Library of congress: n 84121462
Sources of Information
  • Bentley, R. A dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides and others, 1697.
  • Seyffert, O. A dict. of classical antiq., 1961(Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, d. 549 B.C.)
  • Oxford dict. of classical lit., 1957(Phalaris, tyrant of Acragas in Sicily; d. probably 1st half of 6th cent. B.C.)
  • Enc. Brit., 1980(Phalaris, d. ca. 554 B.C.; tyrant of Acragas (modern Agrigento, Sicily))
  • InU/Wing STC files(usage: Falari; Phalaride)
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Wikipedia description:

Phalaris (Greek: Φάλαρις) was the tyrant of Akragas (now Agrigento) in Sicily in Magna Graecia, from approximately 570 to 554 BC.

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