This man was executed by the putative author of the Sisyphus fragment.
This man was executed by the putative author of the Sisyphus fragment. A victorious general at the Battle of Cyzicus, he led the rescue of Alexicles and used it as a pretext to tear down the newly erected fortifications on Eetoneia. After the Battle of Arginusae, at which he served as a trierarch, he was prevented from saving drowning Athenian sailors by a storm. His defense at the ensuing trial was parodied by Aristophanes in The Frogs. One of the conspirators in the coup of 411 BC, he led the moderate faction of the Four Hundred in demanding the enfranchisement of all men of hoplite status. In 405 BC, he met King Agis II to negotiate the terms of the treaty that ended the Peloponnesian War. Famously dubbed "cothurnus" by Critias, for 10 points, name this Athenian statesman who was forced to drink hemlock for challenging the Thirty Tyrants.
This man was executed by the putative author of the Sisyphus fragment.
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