Peisistratos (Greek: Πεισίστρατος; born late 6th century BC, died 528/27 BC), also spelled Peisistratus or Pisistratus, the son of Hippocrates (not to be confused with the Greek physician Hippocrates), was a ruler of ancient Athens during most of the period between 561 and 527 BC, and his unification of Attica, the triangular peninsula of Greece containing Athens, along with economic and cultural improvements laid the groundwork for the later preeminence of Athens in ancient Greece His legacy lies primarily in his institution of the Panathenaic Games, historically assigned the date of 566 BC, and the consequent first attempt at producing a definitive version of the Homeric epics. Peisistratos' championing of the lower class of Athens, the Hyperakrioi (see below), is an early example of pop