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Anytus

Late 5th/early-4th century BC Athenian politician · Politicians · Lived 451 BC to 388 BC · aged 63

Anytus, son of Anthemion of the deme Euonymon, was a politician in Classical Athens. Anytus served as a general in the Peloponnesian War of 431 to 404 BCE, and later became a leading supporter of the democratic forces opposed to the Thirty Tyrants who ruled Athens from 404 to 403 BCE.

Anytus is read about 37 times a day, in 18 languages.

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He is best remembered as one of the prosecutors of the philosopher Socrates in 399 BCE; probably because of that role, Plato depicted Anytus as an interlocutor in the dialogue Meno.

Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 451 BC to 388 BC · aged 63