Bible Encyclopedias
Tyrants

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

In ancient Greece men who usurped or acquired supreme authority in a State at some political crisis, who were despotic in their policy, but not necessarily cruel, often the reverse.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Tyrants'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​t/tyrants.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.