• did as well. Dropides II was the father of Critias II, who lived into the late 6th century. The son of Critias II was Leaides, who is known only from an...
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  • occasionally combine both Timaeus and Critias as Timaeus-Critias. Timaeus Unlike the other speakers of the Critias, it is unclear whether Timaeus is a historical...
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    ancient writings, including the story of Atlantis in the Critias of Plato. Within the dialogue, Critias (460–403 BC) says that orichalcum had been considered...
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  • dialogue Critias. Participants in the dialogue include Socrates, Timaeus, Hermocrates, and Critias. Some scholars believe that it is not the Critias of the...
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    Atlantis (section Critias)
    dialogues are the politicians Critias and Hermocrates as well as the philosophers Socrates and Timaeus of Locri, although only Critias speaks of Atlantis. In...
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  • whom Xenophon depicts as revolted by Critias' excessive violence and injustice and trying to oppose him. Critias accused Theramenes of conspiracy and...
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  • while Critias has Theramenes killed via poison. Kassandra meets with Theramenes' adjutant Nikomedes, who points her to "The Viper", Critias' informant...
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  • part of Plato's late trilogy along with Timaeus and Critias. It is not known exactly how Critias ended, as the ending to the book is currently lost, so...
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    an answer, he next turns to the boy's mentor Critias. In the dialogue, Charmides and then later Critias champion that Temperance is "doing one's own work"...
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  • political views that he and his associates were thought to have embraced. Critias, who appears in two of Plato's Socratic dialogues, was a leader of the...
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