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Died c.428 BCE
Role In Peloponnesian War
Cleon
Athenian politician
Cleophon
Greek statesman
Pericles
Pericles
Athenian statesman
Alcibiades and Timon
Alcibiades
Athenian politician and general
Theramenes
Greek politician and general
Demosthenes
Greek general
Themistocles
Athenian politician and naval strategist
Cimon
Greek statesman and general
Aristides The Just
Aristides The Just
Greek statesman
Nicias
Greek general
Timotheus
Greek statesman
Conon
Greek admiral
Laches
Greek general
Thucydides manuscript, 3rd century bc (Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, P. Hamburg 163).
Thucydides
Greek historian
Chabrias
Greek mercenary
Demosthenes
Demosthenes
Greek statesman and orator
Solon
Solon
Greek statesman and poet
Isocrates
Greek orator and rhetorician
Peisistratus
Peisistratus
tyrant of Athens
Cleisthenes of Athens
Cleisthenes of Athens
Greek statesman