Vincent Azoulay is Professor of Ancient Greek History at Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée University.

• Acknowledgements Foreword by Paul Cartledge Introduction PART ONE Chapter 1First sceneThe murder of Hipparchus BIRTHS AND GROWING PAINSThe Tyrannicides between glory and outrage Chapter 2Date of birth unknownAntenor's Tyrannicides Chapter 3A second birthThe statuary group produced by Critius and Nesiotes Chapter 4The artist's studio as a playground Iconographic variations based on the Tyrannicides (c. 470-411 B.C.) Chapter 5The disorders of a thankless ageThe oligarchic revolution of 411 B.C. and its consequences Chapter 6Their finest hourThe revived glory of the statuary group in the restored democracy (403 B.C.) PART 2THE AGE OF REASON?The incomplete normalisation of the Tyrannicides Chapter 7The age of honoursNew meanings for the monument in the fourth century Chapter 8Model "notables"The Tyrannicides in the Hellenistic period Chapter 9Forever youngThe uses of the statuary group in the Roman period EpilogueBorn Again. The statuary group's belated rebirth in the West Conclusion AppendixIconographic allusions to the Tyrannicides group Bibliography

Such an innovative treatment of a seemingly well-worn subject inspires fresh ways of thinking about the past in the present.

Vincent Azoulay is Professor of Ancient Greek History at Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée University.

• Acknowledgements Foreword by Paul Cartledge Introduction PART ONE Chapter 1First sceneThe murder of Hipparchus BIRTHS AND GROWING PAINSThe Tyrannicides between glory and outrage Chapter 2Date of birth unknownAntenor's Tyrannicides Chapter 3A second birthThe statuary group produced by Critius and Nesiotes Chapter 4The artist's studio as a playground Iconographic variations based on the Tyrannicides (c. 470-411 B.C.) Chapter 5The disorders of a thankless ageThe oligarchic revolution of 411 B.C. and its consequences Chapter 6Their finest hourThe revived glory of the statuary group in the restored democracy (403 B.C.) PART 2THE AGE OF REASON?The incomplete normalisation of the Tyrannicides Chapter 7The age of honoursNew meanings for the monument in the fourth century Chapter 8Model "notables"The Tyrannicides in the Hellenistic period Chapter 9Forever youngThe uses of the statuary group in the Roman period EpilogueBorn Again. The statuary group's belated rebirth in the West Conclusion AppendixIconographic allusions to the Tyrannicides group Bibliography

Such an innovative treatment of a seemingly well-worn subject inspires fresh ways of thinking about the past in the present.

Vincent Azoulay is Professor of Ancient Greek History at Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée University.

• Acknowledgements Foreword by Paul Cartledge Introduction PART ONE Chapter 1First sceneThe murder of Hipparchus BIRTHS AND GROWING PAINSThe Tyrannicides between glory and outrage Chapter 2Date of birth unknownAntenor's Tyrannicides Chapter 3A second birthThe statuary group produced by Critius and Nesiotes Chapter 4The artist's studio as a playground Iconographic variations based on the Tyrannicides (c. 470-411 B.C.) Chapter 5The disorders of a thankless ageThe oligarchic revolution of 411 B.C. and its consequences Chapter 6Their finest hourThe revived glory of the statuary group in the restored democracy (403 B.C.) PART 2THE AGE OF REASON?The incomplete normalisation of the Tyrannicides Chapter 7The age of honoursNew meanings for the monument in the fourth century Chapter 8Model "notables"The Tyrannicides in the Hellenistic period Chapter 9Forever youngThe uses of the statuary group in the Roman period EpilogueBorn Again. The statuary group's belated rebirth in the West Conclusion AppendixIconographic allusions to the Tyrannicides group Bibliography

Such an innovative treatment of a seemingly well-worn subject inspires fresh ways of thinking about the past in the present.