Critias
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Critias was an ancient Athenian poet, philosopher and political leader. He is known today for being a student of Socrates, a writer of some regard, and for becoming the leader of the Thirty Tyrants, w
Plato's relatives in the Socratic dialogues
Thirty Tyrants
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The Thirty Tyrants were an oligarchy that briefly ruled Athens from 404 BC to 403 BC. Installed into power by the Spartans after the Athenian surrender in the Peloponnesian War, the Thirty became know
Critias
…poet, philosopher and political leader. He is known today for being a student of Socrates, a writer of some regard, and for becoming the leader of the Thirty Tyrants, who ruled Athens for several months after the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War in 404/403. Critias was the scion of one of the premier families in…
Portrait of Lysander the Spartan general from Guillaume Rouille's book, Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum
16th century engraving of Theramenes seated next to a young man emptying a flask.
Marble bust of Xenophon of Athens (l. 430 to c. 354 BC), dated to 120 CE. Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Portrait of Socrates. Marble, Roman artwork (1st century), perhaps a copy of a lost bronze statue made by Lysippos