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1108 THRASYBULUS. THRASYBULUS.
with Thrasybulus had all injurious effect upon the Being aided by the Thebans with arms and money4
character and policy of Periander, rendering him he collected a small band, and seized the fortress
cruel and suspicious. For the story of the mode of Phyle, where he was rapidly reinforced, and
in which Thrasybulus gave his advice to Periander after repulsing an attack made uponi the fortress,
as to the best means of securing his power, the he defeated the forces placed to check the incursions
reader is referred to the article PERIANDER [Vol. II. of the garrison. Four days afterwards he descended
p. 190]. A different version of the story is given with a body of 1000 men and marched into
by Aristotle (Pol. iii. 13, v. 10), according to Peiraeus, taking up a strong position on the hill of
whom the advice was given by Periander to Munychia, where he was joined by most of the
Thrasybulus. population of Peiraeus. The forces of the tyrants
2. An Athenian, the son of Thraso. He was were immediately despatched against them, but
an enemy of Alcibiades, and after the battle of were defeated, though with no great loss. The
Notium, went to Athens, for the purpose of laying Ten, who were appointed in place of the Thirty,
accusations against Alcibiades, in consequence of however, showed no less disposition to overpower
which the latter was removed from his command. Thrasybulus and his party, who strengthened
(Plut. Ale. 36.) themselves as much as possible, and made foraging
3. An Athenian, the son of Lycus, of the deme excursions every day from Peiraeus. In conseSteiria. He was zealously attached to the demo- quence of the application of the oligarchs Lysander
cratic party, and was a warm friend of Alcibiades. and Libys were sent to blockade Peiraeus. The
The first occasion on which we find him mentioned exiles however were delivered from their perilous
is in B. c. 411, when he was in command of a position through the machinations of Pausanias.
galley in the Athenian fleet at Samos, and took an After they had sustained a severe defeat, Pausanias
active part in the suppression of the oligarchical secretly sent to them, directing them to send an
conspiracy (Thnc. viii. 73). When the news arrived embassy to him, and suggesting the kind of
of the establishment of the Four Hundred at Athens, language that they should hold. An armistice was
Thrasybulus and Thrasyllus were among the most concluded with them, and deputies were despatched
active in urging resistance to the oligarchy, and by them to plead their cause at Sparta. The issue
exacted a solemn oath from the Athenians of the was a general reconciliation, accompanied by an
fleet that they would maintain the democracy, and amnesty, and the exiles entered the city in
persevere in the war with the Peloponnesians. In triumph, and offered a sacrifice to Athene on the
an assembly held soone after in the camp, some of Acropolis. Soon afterwards the oligarchical exiles
the suspected generals were removed, and others at Eleusis, who were preparing to renew the civil
appointed in their room. Among the latter was war, were overpowered, and a new act of amnesty
Thrasybulus. Through the influence of Thrasybulus was passed with respect to them, the credit of
a decree was passed by the camp-assembly, by which seems to have belonged to Thrasybulus and
which Alcibiades was pardoned and recalled. Thra- his friends. (Xen. Hellen. ii. 4. ~~ 2-43; Diod.
sybulus himself sailed to fetch him from the court xiv. 32, 33; Pans. i. 29. ~ 3, iii. 5. l1; Plut. Lys.
of Tissaphernes. Shortly afterwards he set ott 27.) In B. c. 395 we find Thrasybulus moving the
towards the Hellespont with five galleys, when decree for an alliance between Thebes and Athens,
news arrived of the revolt of Eresus. After his when the former was menaced by Sparta, and
junction with Thrasyllus was fought the battle of leading ain army to the help of the Thebans (PaLs.
Cynossema, in which Thrasybulus commanded the iii. 5. ~ 4; Xen. Hellen. iii. 5. ~ 16, &c). Ill B. C.
right wing, and by a sudden attack upon the 390 Thrasybulus was sent with forty ships to aid
Peloponnesians, who had gained a partial success, the democratical Rhodians against Teleutias. Not
turned the fortune of the day. (Thuc. viii. 75, 76, finding that he could be of any service at Rhodes,
81, 100, 104, &c.) Just before the battle of he sailed away to Thrace, where he reconciled two
Cyzicus Thrasybulus joined Alcibiades with twenty Odrysian princes, Amadocus and Seuthes, and
galleys, having been despatched on an expedition brought them to enter into alliance with Athens.
to collect money from Thasos and other places in Seuthes offered to give him his daughter il marthat quarter. (Xen. Hellen. i. 1. ~ 12.) In 407 riage. He then proceeded to Byzantium, where
he was sent with a fleet of thirty ships to the coast by the aid of Archebius and Heracleides he estaof Thrace, where he reduced most of the revolted blished the democratical party, and restored the
cities to submission. (Xen. Hellen. i. 4. ~ 9; Athenian interest. He also brought Chalcedon into
Demosth. adv. Lept. p. 474; Diod. xiii. 72.) He alliance with Athens. In the island of Lesbos he
was about the same time elected one of the new reduced Methynlna and some other towns. From
generals, together with Alcibiades. While engaged Lesbos he sailed southwards, and having anchored
in fortifying Phocaea, he received a visit from in the Eurymedon nearAspendus, the inhabitants of
Alcibiades, who had left his fleet at Notium. this place fell upon him in the nlight and killed him
(Xen. I. c. i. 5. ~ 6.) After the unfortunate battle in his tent. (Diod. xiv. 94, 99; Xen. Hellen. iv.
of Notium took place, he was involved in the 8. ~ 25, &c.; Demosth. adv. Lept. p. 475.) His tomb
disgrace of Alcibiades, and was superseded in his was on the road leading to the Academy, near
command, but still continued to serve in the fleet. those of Pericles, Chabrias, and Phormion. (Paus.
He was one of the subordinate officers at the battle i. 29. ~ 3.)
of Arginusae, and was one of those charged with 4. Son of the preceding, had for solne offence or
the duty of taking care of the wrecks. (Xen. i. 6. other a fine of ten talents inflicted on him. (Demosth.
~ 35.) He is said to have had a dream before the deftlls. Leg. p. 431.)
battle, which portended the victory and the death 5. An Athenian, a native of the deme Colyttus,
of the generals (Diod. xiii. 97). On the establish- was one of the companions of Thrasybulus the
ment of the Thirty Tyrants he was banished, and Steirian at Phyle and Peiraeus. In B. c. 388 he
was living in exile at Thebes when the rulers of was in command of eight ships off the coast of
Athens were perpetrating their excesses of tyranny, Thrace. We learn that nevertheless he was twice