Theognis (statesman)

Theognis (Greek: Θέογνις) was a member of the Thirty Tyrants of Athens (Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.2; Lysias 12.6). Lysias was able to escape from the house of Damnippus, where Theognis was guarding other aristocrats rounded up by the Thirty.

It is possible (but by no means certain), that some ancient sources (scholia to Aristophanes and the

The Suda wrote that he was also called Chion (Χιὼν).^[1]

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