along political lines between those who supported Hermocrates, and those who denounced him, saying that his ultimate aim was tyranny. He was killed in a street fight in 407 BC. Other literary appearances Hermocrates is one of the persons appearing in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias. Plato originally might have planned a third dialogue named Hermocrates, but failed to compose it. F. M. Cornford writes: Since the dialogue that was to bear his name was never written, we can only guess why Plato chose him. It is curious to reflect that, while Critias is to recount how the prehistoric Athens of nine thousand years ago had repelled the invasion from Atlantis and saved the Mediterranean peoples from slavery, Hermocrates would be remembered by the Athenians as the man who had repulsed their own greatest effort at imperialist expansion. Hermocrates is also mentioned by Xenophon, Plutarch, and Polyaenus. Hermocrates appears as a character in the novel Chaereas and Callirhoe written by the ancient Greek author Chariton. In the novel he appears as the father of Callirhoe, one of the main characters in the story. See also List of speakers in Plato's dialogues Notes Bibliography External links Livius.org: Hermocrates 407 BC deaths Ancient Greek generals 5th-century BC Syracusans Year of birth unknown People of the Peloponnesian War