Theramenes

Theramenes
16th century engraving of Theramenes seated next to a young man emptying a flask.
Native name	Θηραμένης
Died	404/403 BC Athens
Allegiance	Athens
Known for	Member of the Thirty Tyrants
Battles / wars	Peloponnesian War Battle of Cyzicus Battle of Arginusae

Theramenes (/θɪˈræmɪniːz/; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Θηραμένης; died 404/403 BC) was an Athenian military leader and statesman, prominent in the final decade of the Peloponnesian War. He was active during the two periods of oligarchic government at Athens, the 400 and later the Thirty Tyrants, as well as in the trial of the generals who had commanded at Arginusae in 406 BC. A moderate oligarch, he often found himself caught between the democrats on the one hand and the extremist oligarchs on the other. Successful in replacing a narrow oligarchy with a broader one in 411 BC, he failed to achieve the same end in 404 BC, and was executed by the extremists whose policies he had opposed.^[1]