Meaning of Cylonian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of or relating to Cylon of Athens, an Athenian noble who attempted a coup in either 636 BCE or 632 BCE.
   not-comparable
2. Of or relating to Cylon of Croton, a leading citizen of Croton who led a revolt against the Pythagoreans, probably around 509 BCE.
   not-comparable

Examples

“Now the Cylonian villany had a long while diſtur’d the Commonwealth, even from that time when Megacles the Archon perſwaded the conſpiratours with Cylon that took ſanctuary in Minerva’s Temple, to ſtand to a fair trial; […]”

“The first of the Cylonian glosses of Suidas (s.v. Κυλώνειον ἄγος) has a marked resemblance to the item from the Heracleidean Excerpts (i.e. ultimately Aristotle’s Respub. Ath.); while the other gloss (s.v. Περικλῆς), rewritten in the light of the former, has a Thucydidean foundation which is discernible in the Scholia cited: […]”

“The surviving portion of the Constitution of Athens begins with the aftermath of the Cylonian conspiracy (an incident also mentioned by Herodotus, Thucydides and Plutarch).”

“Again, the parallel with the Cylonian story is worth noting, considering how important a role the theme of stoning plays in the Alcmaeonid traditions; […]”

“Anyhow it is chronologically impossible that the Archippus of this letter is the same as the Pythagorean who together with Lysis survived the Cylonian slaughter.”

“ca. 500 (?) Cylonian rebellion against Pythagoras (proceeding from the Crotonian upper class) ➛ Pythagoras’ emigration to Metapontum”

“Our first evidence concerns the dramatic episode in Pythagoras’ life when he left Croton because of the Cylonian revolt.”

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