2. A son of Nicias, was put to death by the thirty tyrants, to whom his great wealth was no
doubt a temptation. Theramenes, in his defence, as reported by Xenophon, mentions the murder
of Niceratus as one of' the acts which tended necessarily to alienate all moderate men from
the government. On his death his wife slew herself to avoid falling into the power of the
tyrants. Niceratus is spoken of as a man of very mild and benevolent disposition, and
generally beloved. From Demosthenes we learn also that he was of a feeble constitution, and
was childless; but the latter statement (if the reading ad loc.;
Meid. p. 567; Lys. de Bonis Niciae Frat. p. 149). Niceratus is introduced as one of the
characters in the