Harmodios and Aristogeiton

Harmodios (c. 530-514 BC) and Aristogeiton (c. 550-514 BC), known as "the Liberators" and "the Tyrannicides", became heroes in Athens through their role in the overthrow of the Tyranny of the Peisistratid family. They were the first two Greeks considered by their countrymen worthy of having statues raised to them.

When Alkibiades took Athens, Kritias publically denounced him as a tyrant while standing near the statues of Harmodios and Aristogeiton. He was promptly stabbed to death. Shortly after, Sokrates stood near the same spot to denounce Alkibiades as well.