Editing Theramenes (section)

==Family==
Only the barest outlines of Theramenes' life outside the public sphere have been preserved in the historical record. His father, [[Hagnon, son of Nikias|Hagnon]] had played a significant role in Athenian public life in the decades before Theramenes' appearance on the scene. He had commanded the group of Greek colonists who founded [[Amphipolis]] in 437–6 BC,<ref>Kagan, ''The Peloponnesian War'', 4.106</ref> had served as a general on several occasions before and during the Peloponnesian War,<ref>Thucydides mentions Hagnon in roles of command at [[s:History of the Peloponnesian War/Book 1#1:117|1.117]], [[s:History of the Peloponnesian War/Book 2#2:58|2.58]], and [[s:History of the Peloponnesian War/Book 2#2:95|2.95]]</ref> and was one of the signers of the [[Peace of Nicias]].<ref>Thucydides, ''The Peloponnesian War'' [[s:History of the Peloponnesian War/Book 5#5:19|5.19]]</ref> Hagnon's career overlapped with his son's when he served as one of the ten commissioners appointed by the government of [[The Four Hundred (oligarchy)|the 400]] to draft a new constitution in 411 BC.<ref>Lysias, ''Against Eratosthenes'', [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0154:speech=12:section=65 65]</ref>