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{{Dablink|For Plato's dialogue, see [[Charmides (dialogue)]]. Charmides is also the name of a poem by [[Oscar Wilde]].}} |
{{Dablink|For Plato's dialogue, see [[Charmides (dialogue)]]. Charmides is also the name of a poem by [[Oscar Wilde]].}} |
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'''Charmides''' was an [[Athens|Athenian]] statesman who flourished during the |
'''Charmides''' was an [[Athens|Athenian]] statesman who flourished during the fifth century BC.<ref name="Nails">Debra Nails, ''The People of Plato'' (Indianapolis: Hackett, 2002), 90–94.</ref> Uncle of [[Plato]], Charmides appears in the Platonic dialogue bearing his name ([[Charmides (dialogue)|''Charmides'']]), the [[Protagoras (dialogue)|''Protagoras'']], and the [[Symposium (Plato)|''Symposium'']], as well as in [[Xenophon]]'s [[Symposium (Xenophon)|''Symposium'']], [[Memorabilia (Xenophon)|''Memorabilia'']], and [[Hellenica (Xenophon)|''Hellenica'']].<ref>Pl. ''Charm'', throughout; Pl. ''Prt.'' 315a; Pl. ''Sym''. 222b; Xen. ''Symp''. throughout; Xen. ''Mem''. 3.6.1, 3.7; Xen. ''Hell''. 2.4.19.</ref> A wealthy orphan raised by his first cousin, [[Critias]], his property was confiscated for his role in profaning the [[Eleusinian Mysteries]] in 415 BC.<ref name="Nails" /> He is commonly listed as one of the [[Thirty Tyrants]] who ruled Athens following its defeat in the [[Peloponnesian War]], but evidence points only to his having been one of the ten men appointed by the Thirty to govern the [[Piraeus]].<ref name="Nails" /> He was killed in the [[Battle of Munichia]] in 403 BC when the democrats returned to Athens.<ref name="Nails" /> |
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This Charmides was probably not the same man as the father of the great Athenian sculptor [[Phidias]], also named Charmides.<ref>Nails, ''People of Plato'', 237.</ref> |
This Charmides was probably not the same man as the father of the great Athenian sculptor [[Phidias]], also named Charmides.<ref>Nails, ''People of Plato'', 237.</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:43, 18 December 2012
Charmides was an Athenian statesman who flourished during the fifth century BC.[1] Uncle of Plato, Charmides appears in the Platonic dialogue bearing his name (Charmides), the Protagoras, and the Symposium, as well as in Xenophon's Symposium, Memorabilia, and Hellenica.[2] A wealthy orphan raised by his first cousin, Critias, his property was confiscated for his role in profaning the Eleusinian Mysteries in 415 BC.[1] He is commonly listed as one of the Thirty Tyrants who ruled Athens following its defeat in the Peloponnesian War, but evidence points only to his having been one of the ten men appointed by the Thirty to govern the Piraeus.[1] He was killed in the Battle of Munichia in 403 BC when the democrats returned to Athens.[1]
This Charmides was probably not the same man as the father of the great Athenian sculptor Phidias, also named Charmides.[3]