Thirty Tyrants — The Thirty Tyrants ( el. 30 τύραννοι or el. οἱ Τριάκοντα) were a pro Spartan oligarchy installed in Athens after its defeat in the Peloponnesian War in April 404 BC. Contemporary Athenians referred to them simply as the oligarchy or the Thirty ;… … Wikipedia
Thirty Tyrants (disambiguation) — Thirty Tyrants, one of two groups of rulers in classical Antiquity:* Those usually meant are the Thirty Tyrants of Sparta, a committee of men that ruled the city together. * The Historia Augusta includes a book on The Thirty Tyrants , a loose… … Wikipedia
Thirty Tyrants (Roman) — The Thirty Tyrants (Latin: Tyranni Triginta) were a series of thirty rulers that appear in the Historia Augusta as having ostensibly been pretenders to the throne of the Roman Empire during the reign of the emperor Gallienus. Given the notorious… … Wikipedia
List of ancient Greek tyrants — This is a list of tyrants from Ancient Greece.Agrigentum (Acragas)*Phalaris, 570 BC 554 BC *Theron, 488 BC 472 BCAtarneus*Hermias of AtarneusAthens* Pisistratus, 561 BC, 559 BC 556 BC and 546 BC 528 BC. * Hipparchus (527 BC 514 BC) and Hippias… … Wikipedia
ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… … Universalium
Thrasybulus — Infobox Military Person name= Thrasybulus caption= Thrasybulus receiving an olive crown for his successful campaign against the Thirty Tyrants. From Andrea Alciato s Emblemata. allegiance= Athens rank= commands= nickname= lived= c. 440s BC ndash; … Wikipedia
Theramenes — (d. 404 BC, Greek: Polytonic|Θηραμένης) was an Athenian statesman, prominent in the final decade of the Peloponnesian War. He was particularly active during the two periods of oligarchic government at Athens, as well as in the trial of the… … Wikipedia
Trial of Socrates — The Death of Socrates, by Jacques Louis David (1787) … Wikipedia
Lysias — (Greek: Λυσίας) (born ca. 445 BC; died ca. 380 BC) was an Attic orator.LifeAccording to Dionysius of Halicarnassus and the author of the life ascribed to Plutarch, Lysias was born in 459 BC, which would accord with a tradition that Lysias reached … Wikipedia
Socrates — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = Ancient philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Socrates name = (Polytonic|Σωκράτης) birth = c. 469 / 470 BCcite web url = http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Socrates %28philosopher%29… … Wikipedia
