Plato made no mention in them of the activities that tarnished Critias' reputation in his later years.

Mutilation of the Hermes

In the spring of 415, the Athenians decided to send an armada to Sicily to counter a perceived threat from the city of Syracuse. Just before it was to sail, one of the social clubs in Athens staged a city-wide raid where they mutilated statues of the god Hermes that stood outside homes and in various locations around Athens. The

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