Critias

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ancient Athenian politician ancient Greek historical figure member of the Thirty Tyrants oligarch writer

Critias was an ancient Athenian politician, writer, and leading member of the Thirty Tyrants, known both for his oligarchic rule and his appearances as a character in Plato’s dialogues.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Critias canonical	18
Critias (dialogue)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Athenian politician ⓘ ancient Greek historical figure ⓘ member of the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ oligarch ⓘ writer ⓘ
appearsIn	Plato's Charmides ⓘ surface form: Plato’s dialogue Charmides Plato’s dialogue Critias ⓘ Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" ⓘ surface form: Plato’s dialogue Protagoras Timaeus ⓘ surface form: Plato’s dialogue Timaeus
associatedWith	Peloponnesian War aftermath ⓘ
citizenship	Classical Athens ⓘ
conflictOfDeath	conflict between democrats and oligarchs in Athens ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
diedIn	Battle of Munychia ⓘ
ethnicity	Greek ⓘ
familyRelationToPlato	maternal relative ⓘ
floruit	late 5th century BCE ⓘ
genre	elegiac poetry ⓘ epigrams ⓘ prose works ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
knownFor	harsh and violent policies during the oligarchic regime ⓘ literary and philosophical interests ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy	example of the dangers of oligarchic extremism in classical political thought ⓘ
memberOf	the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ surface form: Thirty Tyrants
mentorOrAssociateOf	Socrates ⓘ
notableFor	appearances as a character in Plato’s dialogues ⓘ leadership among the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ
occupation	oligarchic leader ⓘ poet ⓘ politician ⓘ rhetorician ⓘ writer ⓘ
opposedTo	Athenian democracy ⓘ
participatedIn	rule of the Thirty Tyrants in Athens ⓘ
philosophicalContext	Socratic circle ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Athens ⓘ
politicalAlignment	oligarchic ⓘ
politicalOffice	member of the oligarchic council in Athens ⓘ
portrayedAs	interlocutor of Socrates ⓘ
portrayedBy	Plato ⓘ
relative	Plato ⓘ
roleInThirtyTyrants	de facto head of the regime ⓘ leading member ⓘ
timePeriod	5th century BCE ⓘ
wroteAbout	Athenian politics ⓘ Spartan institutions ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charmides → mainCharacter → Critias ⓘ

Charmides → hasDialoguePartnerOfSocrates → Critias ⓘ

Timaeus → featuresCharacter → Critias ⓘ

Timaeus → relatedWork → Critias ⓘ

Socratic dialogues of Plato → includesWork → Critias ⓘ

School of Socrates → hasMember → Critias ⓘ

Atlantis → appearsInWork → Critias ⓘ

late Plato → includesDialogue → Critias ⓘ

subject surface form: Late Plato

Platonic corpus → containsWork → Critias ⓘ

Plato's Charmides → character → Critias ⓘ

Plato's Charmides → dialoguePartnerOfSocrates → Critias ⓘ

Thrasyllan tetralogies → includesWork → Critias ⓘ

Critias (the elder cousin of Charmides) → givenName → Critias ⓘ

subject surface form: Critias

Χαρμίδης → mainCharacter → Critias ⓘ

Timaeus of Locri → appearsInWork → Critias ⓘ

this entity surface form: Critias (dialogue)

the Thirty Tyrants → leader → Critias ⓘ

subject surface form: Thirty Tyrants

the Thirty Tyrants → member → Critias ⓘ

subject surface form: Thirty Tyrants

Late dialogues of Plato → includesWork → Critias ⓘ

writings of Plato → containsWork → Critias ⓘ