Hagnon

Hagnon (Greek Ἅγνων ), the son of Nicias was a politician and military leader in ancient Athens in the second half of the 5th century BC

He was one of the generals ( strategoi ) Athens in the criminal action against the renegade Samos in 440/439 BC and took in the year 437/436 BC Ennea Hodoi ( Eneia, Aineios ), where he a Greek colony founded under the name of Amphipolis.

At the beginning of the Peloponnesian War was Hagnon that occurred politically against Pericles, 431/430 ​​and 429/428 BC was again elected strategists. He was successful in this phase for Athens, the Archidamian war, active in Potidaia and Thrace. 421 BC, he conjured with the peace treaty of Nicias, the Athens graduated with Sparta and its allies.

In the year 413 BC Hagnon is mentioned again, as he belonged to a state committee after the disastrous Sicilian expedition for Athens, which was used in view of the emergency situation. Then Hagnon is not mentioned, so that he may have died around the year 412 BC.

Hagnons Theramenes son played in the following years also play an important role in the politics of Athens.