Telemachus was the mythical leader of a 554 BC general uprising in the Greek city-state of Acragas,

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, which culminated in the overthrow of the cruel tyrant

Phalaris Phalaris () was the tyrant of Akragas (now Agrigento) in Sicily in Magna Graecia, from approximately 570 to 554 BC. History Phalaris was renowned for his excessive cruelty. Among his alleged atrocities is cannibalism: he was said to have eaten ...

. Some versions of the legend state that Phalaris was roasted to death in his own brazen bull. Telemachus was the ancestor of Aenesidamus and of Aenesidamus's son Theron (tyrant c. 488–472 BC).

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Ancient Acragantines 6th-century BC Greek people {{AncientGreece-bio-stub