Critias
Sign in to saveCritias (; , Kritias; – 403 BC) 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, who ruled Athens for several months after the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War in 404/403.
Person
- Born
- 0460-00-00
- Died
- 0403-00-00
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 11
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Testimonia
· 1999
- Oxford Classical Texts: Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta Selecta
· 1998
- Σίσυφος
· 1998
- Πειρίθους
· 1998
- Fragments
· 1999
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Critias
- Person.birth_date
- 460 BC
- Person.birth_place
- Athens
- Person.death_date
- 403 BC (aged 55–56)
- Person.death_place
- Piraeus
- Person.known_for
- Leading member of the Thirty Tyrants
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Key dates
- Born
- 460 BCE
- Died
- 403 BCE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Classical Athens
- Place of death
- Classical Athens
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Movement
- Pre-Socratic philosophy
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Ancestry
- Early life
- Student of Socrates
- Mutilation of the Hermes
- The Four Hundred
- Tyranny of the Thirty
- Legacy
- In popular culture
- See also
- Citations
- General references
- External links
Critias (; , Kritias; – 403 BC) 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, who ruled Athens for several months after the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War in 404/403.
==Ancestry== alt=Plato's relatives in the Socratic dialogs|thumb|300px|Plato's relatives in the Socratic dialogues