tyrants seize control
- sometimes aristocrats who are on the outside would form alliances with hoplits (well armed soldiers) and set up a alternative form of government called tyranny
- tyrant: someone who rules outside the framework of the polios
modern meaning of tyrant: an abusive   or oppressive ruler
- the Greek meaning of tyrant : someone who seized power on their own (usually hoplite help)

clash of the tyrants
- hippias as who ruled form 527 to 510 BCE
- his brother was murdered and his rule became harsh
eventually he was  (ostracized)

- in revenge he began working with the Persian king Darius, helping them invade marathon