tyrants

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And it set up the Era of the Thirty Tyrants, a brief rule of oligarchs in Athens.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Tyrants know well the power of culture to move people.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2020

Tyrants are driven by an insatiable desire to gain and exercise deadly power in order to achieve personal glory.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2019

Tyrants impose their will by making an example of anyone who stands up to them.

From Slate • May 10, 2019

Tyrants ruled the land until fate brought me here, an exile from Greece, from my dear home in Arcady.”

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton