Ancient Greece: Difference between revisions

* [[The Wrongful Heir to the Throne]]: In the Classical Period there were few kings but many cities were ruled by Tyrants. Tyrant in the original terminology did not just mean someone like Hitler or Stalin(although these would certainly match as both were prepared to use violence to get to the top) but someone who ruled through [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]. Several of these were actually fairly good rulers [[Fair for Its Day|for their time]] and no worse then kings and the Greeks just used the word as a description rather then a slur. Perhaps the best rendering is "warlord" although that carries bad connotations today as well unless used ironically. But Greeks though they did not like war normally, had a more ambiguous and less negative attitude toward waging [[War for Fun and Profit]] then modern people.