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Critias (; , ''Kritias''; c. 460 – 403 BCE) was an ancient Athenian political figure and author. Born in Athens, Critias was the son of Callaeschrus and a first cousin of Plato's mother Perictione, and became a leading and violent member of the Thirty Tyrants. He was an associate of Socrates, a fact that did not endear Socrates to the Athenian public. Critias was 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. ==Life== After the fall of Athens to the Spartans, Critias, as one of the Thirty Tyrants, blacklisted many of its citizens. Most of his prisoners were executed and their wealth confiscated. Critias was killed in a battle near Piraeus, the port of Athens, between a band of pro-democracy Athenian exiles led by Thrasybulus and members and supporters of the Thirty, aided by the Spartan garrison. In the battle, the exiles put the oligarchic forces to flight, ending the rule of the Thirty.〔Buck, ''Thrasybulus and the Athenian Democracy'', pp. 71–79〕〔Xenophon, ''Hellenica'' 2.4〕 According to Polybius, he asserted that "religion was a deliberate imposture devised by some cunning man for political ends."〔Polybius: ''The Rise Of The Roman Empire'', Penguin, 1979. p. 25.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Critias」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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