Theramenes

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Athenian statesman ancient Greek politician oligarch

Theramenes was an Athenian statesman and moderate oligarch of the late 5th century BC, known for his shifting political alliances and eventual execution by the extremist Thirty Tyrants.

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Label	Occurrences
Theramenes canonical	4

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athenian statesman ⓘ ancient Greek politician ⓘ oligarch ⓘ
activeInPeriod	late 5th century BC ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Theramenes of Steiria NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Peloponnesian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	execution ⓘ
citizenship	Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictWith	Critias NERFINISHED ⓘ extremist faction of the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ
country	Classical Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfDeath	circa 404 BC ⓘ
era	Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Athenian ⓘ
executedBy	Thirty Tyrants NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
historicalReputation	controversial and contested ⓘ
knownFor	his execution by the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ moderate oligarchic views ⓘ opposition to political extremism ⓘ role in the oligarchic coup of 411 BC ⓘ role in the regime of the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ shifting political alliances ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	forced to drink hemlock ⓘ
mentionedIn	Aristotle’s Constitution of the Athenians NERFINISHED ⓘ Lysias’ speeches NERFINISHED ⓘ Xenophon’s Hellenica NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy of a mixed constitution ⓘ attempts to broaden the oligarchic franchise ⓘ being accused of opportunism by ancient sources ⓘ
occupation	politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ
participatedIn	establishment of the Thirty Tyrants in 404 BC ⓘ establishment of the government of the Four Hundred ⓘ internal opposition to the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ negotiations with Sparta at the end of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ oligarchic coup of 411 BC ⓘ overthrow of the Four Hundred ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment	moderate oligarch ⓘ sometimes associated with the democrats ⓘ
politicalGoal	limiting citizenship to a broader group of property holders ⓘ opposition to narrow, violent oligarchic rule ⓘ
positionHeld	member of the Four Hundred ⓘ member of the Thirty Tyrants ⓘ
roleInEvent	negotiator of surrender terms with Sparta ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Critias (the elder cousin of Charmides) → notableStudent → Theramenes ⓘ

subject surface form: Critias

the Thirty Tyrants → leader → Theramenes ⓘ

subject surface form: Thirty Tyrants

the Thirty Tyrants → member → Theramenes ⓘ

subject surface form: Thirty Tyrants

Battle of Cyzicus → commandedBy → Theramenes ⓘ