Nicias

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Athenian general Athenian statesman ancient Greek politician military commander

Nicias was a prominent Athenian statesman and general during the Peloponnesian War, best known for leading the ill-fated Sicilian Expedition.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Nicias canonical	21
Athenian general Nicias	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athenian general ⓘ Athenian statesman ⓘ ancient Greek politician ⓘ military commander ⓘ
activeYears	c. 430–413 BC ⓘ
advocated	peace with Sparta ⓘ
capturedBy	Syracusans ⓘ
citizenship	Athens ⓘ
coCommandedWith	Alcibiades ⓘ Lamachus ⓘ
commanded	Athenian forces in the Sicilian Expedition ⓘ
contemporaryOf	Alcibiades ⓘ Demosthenes (general) ⓘ surface form: Demosthenes (Athenian general) Pericles ⓘ
country	Classical Athens ⓘ
deathCause	execution ⓘ
deathPlace	Syracuse ⓘ
diedIn	413 BC ⓘ
era	5th century BC ⓘ
ethnicity	Greek ⓘ
executedBy	Syracusans ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
knownFor	leading the Sicilian Expedition ⓘ negotiating the Peace of Nicias ⓘ
mentionedIn	Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ⓘ surface form: Plutarch's Parallel Lives History of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ surface form: Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War
militaryEngagement	Siege of Syracuse ⓘ surface form: Battle of Syracuse
militaryRank	strategos ⓘ
nameInGreek	Νικίας ⓘ
negotiated	Peace of Nicias ⓘ
opposed	launching the Sicilian Expedition ⓘ radical democratic policies ⓘ
opposedBy	Cleon ⓘ
participatedIn	Peloponnesian War ⓘ Sicilian Expedition ⓘ
peaceTreatyBetween	Athens and Sparta ⓘ
peaceTreatyDuration	Peace of Nicias ⓘ surface form: Peace of Nicias (421–413 BC)
persuadedToLead	Sicilian Expedition ⓘ
politicalAlignment	moderate aristocratic faction in Athens ⓘ
politicalReputation	cautious ⓘ conservative ⓘ
religiousReputation	pious ⓘ
servedAs	general of Athens ⓘ
socialStatus	wealthy Athenian aristocrat ⓘ
subjectOf	Life of Nicias ⓘ surface form: Plutarch's Life of Nicias
wealthSource	silver mines at Laurium ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Athenian army → notableCommander → Nicias ⓘ

Laches → character → Nicias ⓘ

Archidamian War → commandedBy → Nicias ⓘ

Peace of Nicias → namedAfter → Nicias ⓘ

Peace of Nicias → mediatedBy → Nicias ⓘ

Peace of Nicias → negotiatedBy → Nicias ⓘ

Sicilian Expedition → commander → Nicias ⓘ

Demosthenes (general) → associatedWith → Nicias ⓘ

Lysimachus → seeksAdviceFrom → Nicias ⓘ

Lysimachus → hasDialoguePartner → Nicias ⓘ

Melesias → consults → Nicias ⓘ

Life of Nicias → mainSubject → Nicias ⓘ

Life of Nicias → portrays → Nicias ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenian general Nicias

Niceratus → hasFather → Nicias ⓘ

Life of Alcibiades → hasCharacter → Nicias ⓘ

Battle of Mantinea (418 BC) → AthenianCommander → Nicias ⓘ

Nician Peace → namedAfter → Nicias ⓘ

Nician Peace → mediatedBy → Nicias ⓘ

Nician Peace → negotiatedBy → Nicias ⓘ

Lamachus → coCommandedWith → Nicias ⓘ

Gylippus → opposedCommander → Nicias ⓘ

Athenian politician and general Cleon → opposedBy → Nicias ⓘ

subject surface form: Cleon