. A smaller history of Greece, from the earliest times to the Roman conquest. Coin of Athens. the thirty tyrants, and the death of socrates, 404-399. The fall of Athens brought back a host of exiles, all of them theenemies of her democratical constitution. Of these the most dis-tinguished was Critias, a man of wealth and family, the uncle ofPlato, and once the intimate friend of Socrates, distinguished bothfor his literary and political talents, but of unmeasured ambitionand unscrupulous conscience. Critias and his companions soonfound a party with which they could co-operate; and supporte
. A smaller history of Greece, from the earliest times to the Roman conquest. Coin of Athens. the thirty tyrants, and the death of socrates, 404-399. The fall of Athens brought back a host of exiles, all of them theenemies of her democratical constitution. Of these the most dis-tinguished was Critias, a man of wealth and family, the uncle ofPlato, and once the intimate friend of Socrates, distinguished bothfor his literary and political talents, but of unmeasured ambitionand unscrupulous conscience. Critias and his companions soonfound a party with which they could co-operate; and supported byLysander they proposed in the Assembly that a committee of thirtyshould be named to draw up laws for the future government of thecity, and to undertake its temporary administration. Among themost prominent of the thirty names were those of Critias andTheramenes. The proposal was of course carried. Lysander him-self addressed the Assembly, and contemptuously told them thatthey had better take thought for their personal safety, which nowlay at his mercy, than for their political constit
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