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Critias ( / ˈkrɪtiəs /; Greek: Κριτίας, Kritias; c. 460 – 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.
Critias. By Plato. Commentary: Many comments have been posted about Critias . Download: A 37k text-only version is available for download . Critias. By Plato. Written 360 B.C.E. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Persons of the Dialogue.
Critias (/ ˈ k r ɪ t i ə s /; Greek: Κριτίας), one of Plato's late dialogues, recounts the story of the mighty island kingdom Atlantis and its attempt to conquer Athens, which failed due to the ordered society of the Athenians. Critias is the second of a projected trilogy of dialogues, preceded by Timaeus and followed by Hermocrates.
Critias was a prolific and versatile writer, a rhetorician, and a political figure in fifth-century BC Athens. He was a member of the oligarchic regime of the Thirty, which was overthrown by a democratic uprising in 403 BC.
Jun 7, 2018 · Critias was an Athenian politician, poet, and playwright. He was also one of Socrates' students. He is best known as the most ruthless of the Thirty Tyrants of Athens.
- Joshua J. Mark
- Critias is famous for his brutality and cruelty as one of the Thirty Tyrants of Athens but also as an unapologetic atheist at a time when atheism w...
- It is thought that Socrates' accusers used Critias as an example of how Socrates corrupted the youth of Athens but this accusation does not appear...
- Critias was killed in battle in 403 BCE when he and the other Thirty Tyrants of Athens were overthrown.
Another Sophist, Critias (5th century bce), considered religion to have been invented to frighten humans into adhering to morality and justice. Plato was not averse to providing new myths to perform this same social function—as is seen in his conception of the “noble lie,” or the invention…
Critias was a wealthy Athenian aristocrat, a friend of Socrates and Plato, and one of the Thirty Tyrants who ruled Athens in 404 BC. He was involved in several political and intellectual controversies, and was killed in 403 BC.
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