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'''Periander''' was the second tyrant of [[Corinth]] in the [[7th century BC]]. He was the son of the first tyrant, [[Cypselus]].

Periander succeeded his father in [[627 BC]]. He upgraded Corinth's port, and built a ramp across the [[Isthmus of Corinth]] so that ships could be dragged across (the ''diolkos''), avoiding the sea route around the [[Peloponnese]]. The money gained from the ''diolkos'' allowed Periander to abolish taxes in Corinth.

However, Periander was later considered the typical evil tyrant (for example, by [[Aristotle]]). [[Herodotus]] says he learned his "savagery" from [[Thrasybulus]], the tyrant of [[Miletus]], who instructed Periander to get rid of anyone who could conceivably take power from him. Among his acts were sending young boys from [[Corcyra]] to be castrated in [[Lydia]], and the murder of his own wife, Melissa. Their son Lycophron discovered that his father was the murderer, so Periander exiled him from Corinth and forbade any of his subjects to shelter him. Periander later tried to reconcile with Lycophron, but Lycophron refused to return unless Periander abdicated. However, the inhabitants of Corcyra killed Lycophron to prevent Periander from arriving.

Periander was included by most authors in the [[Seven Sages of Greece]].

According to [[Herodotus]], Periander also held the musical contest that was won by the poet [[Arion]].

==External link==
* [http://classicpersuasion.org/pw/diogenes/dlperiander.htm Diogenes Laertius: Life of Periander]

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 Periander succeeded his father in [[627 BC]]. He upgraded Corinth's port, and built a ramp across the [[Isthmus of Corinth]] so that ships could be dragged across (the ''diolkos''), avoiding the sea route around the [[Peloponnese]]. The money gained from the ''diolkos'' allowed Periander to abolish taxes in Corinth.
-However, Periander was later considered the typical evil tyrant (for example, by [[Aristotle]]). [[Herodotus]] says he learned his "savagery" from [[Thrasybulus]], the tyrant of [[Miletus]], who instructed Periander to get rid of anyone who could conceivably take power from him. Among his acts were sending young boys from [[Corcyra]] to be castrated in [[Lydia]], and the murder of his own wife, Melissa. Their son Lycophron discovered that his father was the murderer, so Periander exiled him from Corinth and forbade any of his subjects to shelter him. Periander later tried to reconcile with Lycophron, but Lycophron refused to return unless Periander abdicated. However, the inhabitants of Corcyra killed Lycophron to prevent Periander from arriving.
+However, Periander was later considered the typical evil tyrant (for example, by [[Aristotle]]). [[Herodotus]] says he learned his "savagery" from [[Thrasybulus]], the tyrant of [[Miletus]], who instructed Periander to get rid of anyone who could conceivably take power from him. Among his acts were sending young boys from [[Corcyra]] to be castrated in Lydia, and the murder of his own wife, Melissa. Their son Lycophron discovered that his father was the murderer, so Periander exiled him from Corinth and forbade any of his subjects to shelter him. Periander later tried to reconcile with Lycophron, but Lycophron refused to return unless Periander abdicated. However, the inhabitants of Corcyra killed Lycophron to prevent Periander from arriving.
 Periander was included by most authors in the [[Seven Sages of Greece]].

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