Theognis (tyrant)
Theognis ( grc-gre, 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 ''Suda'') are correct in identifying Theognis the tyrant with the minor tragic poet of the same name, known from Aristophanes' mocking references to the frigidity of his poetry (''Acharnians'' 11 and 138, ''Thesmophoriazusae'' 170). The Suda The ''Suda'' or ''Souda'' (; grc-x-medieval, Σοῦδα, Soûda; la, Suidae Lexicon) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas ... wrote that he was also called Chion (Χιὼν). References {{authority control Thirty Tyrants Tragic poets 5th-century BC Athenians ...
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