Critias, bloodthirsty leader of the 40 Tyrants, was one of a number of Socrates' students who opposed democracy -- he just went farther than the rest. Nevertheless, Plato shows him in his dialogues as a generally good guy. The general opinion was pretty negative, and I could find no ancient portraits -- just this game card.
Friday, January 06, 2006
Critias
Critias, bloodthirsty leader of the 40 Tyrants, was one of a number of Socrates' students who opposed democracy -- he just went farther than the rest. Nevertheless, Plato shows him in his dialogues as a generally good guy. The general opinion was pretty negative, and I could find no ancient portraits -- just this game card.
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