Tyrant
Tyrant is a term for someone with absolute governmental power, from the Greek language turannos. In Classical Antiquity[?] it did not always have inherently negative implications, it merely designated anyone who assumed power for any period of time without a legitimate basis of authority.The first to have the title of "Tyrant" was Pisistratus in 560 BC.
In modern times Tyrant has come to mean a dictator who rules with cruelty.
Bullying is a form of tyranny within a family, among schoolchildren, etc.
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golden hair completely covered her face, so that nothing but her
me of it!"
"No, Mary, you must not forget that. Why should you? Let others
others who should forget as soon as possible, but you should not.
what has he to fear? Do the dead fear death; is it not rather the
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with life as with a story or a dream.
But time rolled by unconcernedly, while the thirty pieces of silver
inevitably near. Already Jesus had ridden into Jerusalem on the
greeted Him with enthusiastic cries of "Hosanna! Hosanna! He that
cries rend the skies, that Jesus wept, but His disciples proudly said:
"Is not this the Son of God with us?"
And they themselves cried out with enthusiasm: "Hosanna! Hosanna!
enthusiastic and joyful reception. Peter was like a madman, as
drowning all voices with his leonine roar; he laughed, hurling his
John and James, and even gave a kiss to Judas. He noisily confessed
now, that he had seen the love of the people for Him.
Swiftly moving his vivid, watchful eye, Judas glanced in surprise
looked. Then he took Thomas aside, and pinning him, as it were, to
certain confused hopefulness:
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obliged to strangle Him in order to do right. Who is deceiving
'Who is deceiving Jesus?' 'Who is right?'"
And Judas nodded his head and repeated like an echo:
"Who is deceiving Judas? Who?"
And the next day, in the way in which Judas raised his hand with
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