drinking song "Skolion of Harmodius and Aristogeiton"

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The drinking song "Skolion of Harmodius and Aristogeiton" is an ancient Greek sympotic song celebrating the Athenian tyrant-slayers Harmodius and Aristogeiton as champions of freedom and democracy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek song ⓘ
drinking song ⓘ
skolion ⓘ
sympotic song ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Athena NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Athenian democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPractice communal singing at banquets ⓘ
celebrates Aristogeiton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harmodius NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemorates overthrow of the Peisistratid tyranny ⓘ
commemoratesEvent assassination of Hipparchus ⓘ
culturalContext Classical Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRole symbol of civic freedom in Athens ⓘ
evaluatesHarmodiusAndAristogeitonAs champions of freedom ⓘ
defenders of democracy ⓘ
genre drinking song ⓘ
political song ⓘ
hasAudience Athenian symposiasts ⓘ
hasLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
hasMetricalForm Greek lyric meter ⓘ
hasRefrain praise of Harmodius and Aristogeiton ⓘ
hasSubject Athenian democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
political liberation ⓘ
tyrant-slayers NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme heroization of citizens ⓘ
resistance to tyranny ⓘ
influenced later political songs in Greek tradition ⓘ
laterMedium written text ⓘ
literaryForm lyric poetry ⓘ
literaryTradition Greek lyric poetry ⓘ
mentions Harmodius and Aristogeiton NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalMedium oral performance ⓘ
performedAt symposium ⓘ
politicalFunction celebration of isonomia ⓘ
praise of tyrannicide ⓘ
preservedIn later literary quotations ⓘ
timePeriod Classical antiquity ⓘ
transmittedAs fragmentary text ⓘ
usedAs patriotic song in Athens ⓘ

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Harmodius → commemoratedBy → drinking song "Skolion of Harmodius and Aristogeiton" ⓘ