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Ni·ci·as  (nsh-s, ns-) Died 413 b.c.
Athenian general and politician who arranged (421) a briefly observed truce with Sparta during the Peloponnesian War and was captured and killed during his command of the siege of Syracuse.
Nicias [ˈnɪsɪəs]
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(Biographies / Nicias (death date: 414 bc), Athenian, POLITICS: statesman, MILITARY: general) died 414 bc, Athenian statesman and general. He ended the first part of the Peloponnesian War by making peace with Sparta (421)
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Certainly we will, said Glaucon; and in a few minutes Polemarchus appeared, and with him Adeimantus, Glaucon's brother, Niceratus the son of Nicias, and several others who had been at the procession.
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