Thrasybulus (s; Θρασύβουλος, `brave-willed`; died 388 BC) was an Athenian general and democratic leader. In 411 BC, in the wake of an oligarchic coup at Athens, the pro-democracy sailors at Samos elected him as a general, making him a primary leader of the successful democratic resistance to that coup. As general, he was responsible f.....
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[tyrant] Thrasybulus (Θρασύβουλος ο Μιλήσιος) was the tyrant of Miletus in the 7th century BC. Under his rule, Miletus fought a lengthy war against Lydia. This war ended without a decisive victor (a result that Herodotus credits to Thrasybulus`s tricking Alyattes II into making peace). Following the war, Miletus and Lydi...
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Athenian general and democratic leader.
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tyrant of Miletus from 625 BCE to 600 BCE; according to one story, the tyrant Periander asks Thrasybulus how he to keep his power; Thrasybulus responds by cutting off the tallest ears of corn in a corn field; Periander understands Thrasybulus' action to mean that he should kill or exile his potential political opponents.
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