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Critias
Athenian politician and writer
Years: 460BCE - 403BCE
Critias (460 BCE – 403 BCE), born in Athens, son of Callaeschrus, is an uncle of Plato, and a leading member of the Thirty Tyrants, and one of the most violent.
He is an associate of Socrates, a fact that does not endear Socrates to the Athenian public.
He is noted in his day for his tragedies, elegies and prose works.
Some, like Sextus Empiricus, believe that Critias wrote the Sisyphus fragment; others, however, attribute it to Euripides.
