Critias
one of the 30 tyrants set over Athens by the Spartans. He was of good family, and a man of considerstagnant condition, and then the gradual able talents, but of dangerous principles. return of confidence and activity after the lowest point had been reached in 1876. The list of business failures in those years tells the tale. 1871. 1872 1873 1874. 1875 1876 1880.
Year Number Liabilities 2,915 4,069 5,183 5,830 7,740 9,092 4,735 He cultivated eloquence and Cicero cites him among the public speakers of that day. He also had a talent for poetry, some fragments of which have reached us. Critias turned his attention likewise to philosophical studies, and was one of the disciples of Socrates. Banished from Athens for some cause that is not known, $85,252,000 he retired to Thessaly, where he incited 121,056,000 228,499,000 an insurrection among the Peneste or 155,239,000 serfs. Subsequent to this he visited 201,000,000 191,117,000 65,752,000