Hippias

, a philosopher of Elis, who maintained that virtue consisted in not being in want of the a istance of men. At the Olympic games, he boasted that he was master of all the liberal and mechanical arts; and he said that the ring upon his finger, the tunic, cloak, and shoes, which he then wore, were all the work of his own hands. Cicero , On Oratory , bk. 3 , ch. 32 .――A son of Pis i stratus, who became tyrant of Athens after the death of his father, with his brother Hipparch us. He was willing to revenge the death of his brother, who had been a a inated, and for this violent measure he was driven from his country. He fled to king Darius in Persia, and was killed at the battle of Marathon, fighting against the A then i ans, B.C. 490. He had five children by Myrrhine the daughter of Call i as. Hero dot us , bk. 6 .— Thucydides , bk. 7 .