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Critias
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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.
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Critias (460–403 BCE) was a male human from Classical Athens, where he was born and later died in Munichia. A member of the Thirty Tyrants, he worked as a politician, writer, philosopher, and poet. His field of work was philosophy, and he was associated with the movements of sophism and Pre-Socratic philosophy. He wrote in Ancient Greek, the language he also spoke and signed.
His native name was Κριτίας. He had relatives named Cleitus the Black and Lanike. Critias is described by sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. Open Library lists one work by him, titled *Carminum aliorumque ingenii monumentorum quae supersunt*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
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- Carminum aliorumque ingenii monumentorum quae supersunt
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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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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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- member of
- Thirty Tyrants
- date of birth
- 0460-00-00
- date of death
- 0403-00-00
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- name in native language
- Κριτίας
- relative
- Lanike
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Encyclopedic overview
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
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