(Ἁρμόδιος; Harmódios).
[1] Harmodius of Athens Tyrantmurderer, 514 BC
conspired with Aristogiton [1] and others in order to murder the tyrants Hippias [1] and Hipparchus [1] during the Panathenaea in 514 BC. However, they only managed to kill Hipparchus. H. was also killed during this assassination attempt (Hdt. 5,55-58; Thuc. 1,20; 6,54-59; Aristot. Ath. Pol. 18). For Thucydides, the motivation for the conspir…