Life No biographical information exists for an author named Pisistratus from the 1st-2nd century CE. The name is solely associated with the 6th-century BCE Athenian tyrant. Major reference works, including the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics, discuss only this historical figure and contain no mention of a later epistolary work attributed to him [1][2][3].

Works A single work titled Pisistratus Letters (Πεισιστράτου Ἐπιστολή) is indicated. This would be a pseudepigraphical text from the Roman era, but its existence and content are unattested in standard sources for classical literature [5][6][8].

Significance If genuine, such a pseudepigraphical collection would belong to the literary culture of the Second Sophistic, illustrating the Roman-era reception and rhetorical reinvention of archaic Athenian history. Its absence from authoritative catalogs suggests it is either lost, extremely obscure, or a misattribution.

Sources 1. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Peisistratus (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/peisistratus/) 2. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Peisistratus (https://www.iep.utm.edu/peisistratus/) 3. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics: Peisistratus (https://oxfordre.com/classics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-4786) 4. Encyclopædia Britannica: Peisistratus (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peisistratus) 5. Perseus Digital Library: Search for "Pisistratus" (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/searchresults?q=Pisistratus) 6. Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: Pisistratus (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aentry%3Dpisistratus-bio-1) 7. World History Encyclopedia: Peisistratus (https://www.worldhistory.org/Peisistratus/) 8. ToposText: Search for "Pisistratus" (https://topostext.org/search?q=pisistratus)