Critias (l. c. 460-403 BCE) was an Athenian politician, poet, and playwright, one of Socrates' followers, Plato's second cousin, a leading member of the Thirty Tyrants of Athens, and leader of the oligarchy they established. He is referenced by other writers as a gifted poet and philosopher, but is best known for his ruthlessness as an oligarch of Athens.
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c. 460 BCE - 403 BCELife of Critias, one of the Thirty Tyrants of Athens.
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c. 424 BCE - 423 BCEPlato is born at Athens, Greece.
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404 BCEEnd of the Peloponnesian war, Athens defeated By Sparta at Aigospotamoi, Rule of the Thirty Tyrants in Athens.
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403 BCERestoration of the democracy in Athens, death of the tyrant Critias.
