Critias - Critias Critias, 460-403 BC, was the uncle of Plato, leading member of the Thirty Tyrants, and one of the most violent. He was an associate of Socrates', a fact that did not endear Socrates to the Athenian public..
Archons of Athens - tyrant 631 BC-624 BC Unknown 624 BC-623 BC Aristaechmus 623 BC-621 BC Unknown 621 BC-620 BC Draco Draco reforms the legal code 620 BC-615 BC Unknown 615 BC-614 BC Heniochides 614 BC-605 BC Unknown 605 BC-604 BC Aristocles 604 BC-600 BC Unknown 600 BC-599 BC Critias 599 BC-597 BC Unknown 597 BC-596 BC Cypselus 596 BC-595 BC Telecles 595 BC-594 BC Philombrotus 594 BC-593 BC Solon Solon reforms Draco's code, then leaves Athens, resulting in weak archons and anarchy 593 BC-592 BC Dropides 592 BC-591 BC Eucrates 591 BC-590 BC Simon 590 BC-589 BC anarchy 589 BC-588 BC Phormion 588 BC-587 BC Philippus 587 BC-586 BC Unknown 586 BC-585 BC anarchy 585 BC-582 BC Unknown 582 BC-581 BC Damasias 581 BC-580 BC Damasias Damasias is expelled during his second term 580.
Atlantis - by a natural disaster (probably an earthquake) about 9,000 years before Plato's own time. Accounts Plato's Timaeus and Critias are the only written mentions of Atlantis, in which he gives some information on the size and location of the Atlantis island. Atlantis might be a work of pure fiction, however, possibly intended to illustrate Plato's philosophy on the ideal government. Plato's account purports to be based on a visit to Egypt by the Athenian lawgiver Solon. Sonchis, priest of Thebes, translated it into Greek for Solon. Aristotle wrote of a large island in the Atlantic that the Carthaginians knew as Antilia. It is interesting that this name makes sense in Portuguese: ante-ilha meaning before/against-island. Proclus, the commentator of "Timaeus" mentions that Marcellus, relying on ancient historians, stated in his Aethiopiaka that.
Thrasybulus - there, but the right wing under Thrasybulus took advantage of their disorder and put them to flight (see Battle of Cynossema). The fleet had to disperse for the winter, but next spring surprised Mindarus while he was besieging Cyzicus, killing him and taking some 60 triremes. This annihilated the Peloponnesian navy, and the democrats at Athens took the opportunity to restore the old democracy. With the final defeat of Athens at Aegospotami, in 404 BC, the Spartans set up a new oligarchy, called the Thirty Tyrants and led most notably by Critias. These executed a great number of men, while others were exiled, taking up refuge in neighboring countries who had grown dissatisfied with Sparta's leadership. Then in December, Thrasybulus and Anytus left Thebes and seized the border fort of Phyle..
Theramenes - the extremists and the institution of a government of "5000" (i.e. all citizens who could afford a suit of armour), Theramenes stood in high esteem. After assisting in the prosecution of his former colleagues he received the command of a squadron with which he helped to win the great victory at Cyzicus (410) and to recover the Bosporus. After the triumph of the radical democrats which followed upon these successes he lost his high command. At Arginusae (406) he fought as a simple ship's captain, but after the battle was commissioned by the generals to rescue some drowning crews, an order which, with his ill-trained and exhausted troops, in a heavy storm, he was unable to carry out. For this failure the generals were severely criticized at Athens; an inquiry by.
Thirty Tyrants - War in 404 BC. Its two leading members were Tharamenes and Critias, who had been an acolyte of Socrates'. The Thirty severely reduced the number of, and rights of, Athenian citizens. Instead of all Athenians participating in legal functions, only 500 specially selected could. Only 3,000 people had the right to carry weapons or receive a jury trial. Hundreds of Athenians were killed (they were ordered to drink hemlock) and thousands were exiled. The Thirty Tyrants were overthrown by Thrasybulus with help from Thebes..
Satyrus - was a political figure at Athens in the late 5th century BC. Xenophon mentions him in his Hellenica: "When Critias had spoken these words, Satyrus dragged Theramenes away from the altar, and his servants lent their aid." Satyrus was a distinguished comic actor at Athens in the 4th century BC, who is said to have instructed the orator and politician Demosthenes in the art of rhetoric. Satyrus, known as Satyrus the Peripatetic, was a Greek writer of the late 3rd century BC. He is best known as the author of a biography of the Athenian dramatist Euripides. A near-complete copy of this work was found at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. He also wrote a biography of Philip of Macedon, of which parts survive. Satyrus of Elis won the Olympic prize for boxing.
Socrates - Delium and the Battle of Amphipolis. We know from Symposium that Socrates was decorated for bravery. In one instance he stayed with the wounded Alcibiades, and probably saved his life. During such compaigns, he also showed his extraordinary hardiness, walking without shoes and coat in winter. Socrates lived during the time of transition from the height of Athenian Empire to her defeat by Sparta and its coalition in the Peloponnesian War. At a time when Athens was seeking to recover from humiliating defeat, upon the instigation of three leading figures at the time, the Athenian public court tried Socrates for impiety and for corrupting the young, found him guilty as charged, and executed him by ordering him to drink hemlock - see the Trial of Socrates. The trial of Socrates gave.
