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  1. Athenian politician. Although of noble
  2. family, he assumed the leadership of the
  3. peasant party, and seized power 561 BC. He
  4. was twice expelled, but recovered power from
  5. 541 BC until his death. Ruling as a dictator
  6. under constitutional forms, he was the first
  7. to have the Homeric poems written down, and
  8. founded Greek drama by introducing the
  9. Dionysiac peasant festivals into Athens.
  10.