Lachares
Sign in to saveLachares () was a demagogue and tyrant of Athens at the turn from the 4th to the 3rd century BC.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 10 inbound references to Lachares, and connects out to tyrant, Athens and Plutarch.
Vinony files it under 3rd-century BC Athenians, 3rd-century BC deaths and 3rd-century BC Greek politicians.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Thebes
- Occupation
- politician
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 0400-01-01
- time period
- classical antiquity
- date of death
- 0360-00-00
- name in native language
- Λαχάρης
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Rule in Athens
- Escape from Athens
- Death
- References
- Further reading
Lachares () was a demagogue and tyrant of Athens at the turn from the 4th to the 3rd century BC.
==Rule in Athens== Lachares was one of the most influential leaders in his native city, after Athenian democracy had been re-established by Demetrius Poliorcetes. In 301/300 BC he besieged Charias, who had occupied the Acropolis with his followers; after Charias surrendered, he and three others were sentenced to death by the popular assembly. Allegedly, Lachares was afterwards secretly gained over by the King of Macedonia Cassander, who incited him to aim at the acquisition of the tyranny, hoping to be able through his means to rule Athens.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lachares” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.