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    The Four Hundred

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    the Four Hundred · Four Hundred · the oligarchy of the Four Hundred · those who first plotted against the democracy

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    History of the Peloponnesian WarClassical · Greek

    The oligarchic council of four hundred that seizes power at Athens, ruling by force and seeking peace with Sparta while losing the fleet's loyalty.

    They also entered into communication with Agis, the Lacedaemonian king, who was at Decelea;
    chapter 8
    For if only the state were preserved, there was great hope of their being reconciled to one another;
    chapter 8
    nor in order that it might be delivered up to the enemy, (for they might have done that when they invaded the country during their government:
    chapter 8

    HellenicaClassical · Greek

    The earlier Athenian oligarchic government of 411 BC, recalled by Critias as evidence of Theramenes's history of shifting allegiance.

    This man in the beginning, although he had received honours at the hands of the democracy, was extremely eager, like his father Hagnon, to change the democracy into the oligarchy of the Four Hundred, and he was a leader in that government.
    chapter 2
    And on the side of the Eleans the Three Hundred and likewise the Four Hundred came out to meet them.
    chapter 7

    On the EmbassyClassical · Greek

    Oligarchic regime or political body remembered as a disaster following war.

    and at last, in consequence of the eagerness of our public men for war, we sank so low as to see a Spartan garrison in our city, and the Four Hundred, and the impious Thirty;
    on the embassy

    On His ReturnClassical · Greek

    The oligarchic government of four hundred that seized power at Athens and arrested Andocides on his return from Samos.

    By this time, of course, it was clear that there had been a complete estrangement between the men on service and the Four Hundred.
    on his return
    Instead, directly they learned of my arrival, certain of the Four Hundred sought me out, arrested me, and brought me before the Council.
    on his return
    In fact, I at once proceeded to supply your forces in Samos with oar-spars—this was after the Four Hundred had seized power at Athens —since Archelaus had hereditary connexions with my family and offered me the right of cutting and exporting as many as I wished.
    on his return

    On the MysteriesClassical · Greek

    The earlier Athenian oligarchic regime or its recorded members.

    and all who were recorded as members of the Four Hundred:
    on the mysteries
    The soldiers who remained in Athens under the Four Hundred are a case in point.
    on the mysteries

    Constitution of the AtheniansClassical · Greek

    Oligarchic council of four hundred that briefly ruled Athens during the Peloponnesian War

    The decree of Pythodorus was of this kind:
    constitution of the athenians
    They were to hold sittings of the Council every fifth day, unless they needed more.
    constitution of the athenians
    That those over thirty years of age should serve in the Council year by year without pay;
    on literary composition

    Against LeptinesClassical · Greek

    Oligarchic regime whose overthrow is invoked as a precedent for deserved honors.

    Now my plea is the same in this case as for those who overthrew the Four Hundred, and for those who proved helpful to the democrats in exile;
    against leptines

    Concerning the Team of HorsesClassical · Greek

    The earlier oligarchic council of Four Hundred that seized power in Athens and moved against Alcibiades the elder as an obstacle.

    Now the persons who first plotted against the democracy and established the Four Hundred, inasmuch as my father, although he was repeatedly invited to join them would not do so, seeing that he was a vigorous opponent of their activities and a loyal supporter of the people, judged that they were powerless to upset the established order until he was removed out of their way.
    concerning the team of horses

    On the PeaceClassical · Greek

    The oligarchic regime at Athens invoked as an example of misguided political reaction.

    Did not the people themselves, because of the depravity of the popular orators, desire the oligarchy which was established under the Four Hundred?
    on the peace