THRASYBULUS  , an Athenian See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, whose public career began in 411 B.C., when by his resolute behaviour he frustrated the oligarchic rising in See also:

• SAMOS

Samos (see PELOPONNESIAN See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

WAR), and secured the Athenian armament to the cause of See also:

• DEMOCRACY (Gr. 3np.oKparia, from S)µos, the people, i.e. the commons, and Kparos, rule)

democracy . Elected general by the troops, he effected the recall of See also:

• ALCIBIADES (c. 450-404 B.c.)

Alcibiades and assisted him in the ensuing See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns . By his brave See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence at Cynossema (411) he won the See also:

• BATTLE

battle for See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, and in 410 contributed towards the brilliant victory of See also:

• CYZICUS

Cyzicus . In 406 he fought at Arginusae as a See also:

• SIMPLE

simple See also:

• SHIP

ship's See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain, but after the engagement was commissioned with See also:

• THERAMENES (d. 4o3 B.c.)

Theramenes (q.v.) to See also:

• RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)

rescue some drowning crews . In the subsequent inquiry Thrasybulus successfully disclaimed responsibility for the failure . In 404, when exiled by the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Tyrants for his services to the democracy, he retired to See also:

• THEBES (anciently &Oat, Thebae, or in poetry sometimes Oif3a, in modern Greek Phiva, or, according to the corrected pronunciation, Thivae)
• THEBES (e 3a1)
• THEBES, ROMANCE OF

Thebes and there prepared for a desperate See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to recover his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . See also:

• LATE

Late in the See also:

• YEAR

year, with seventy men, he seized See also:

• PHYLE

Phyle, a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill fort on Mt Parnes . A force sent by the Thirty was repulsed and routed by a surprise attack . Thrasybulus now gained the See also:

• PEIRAEUS, or PIRAEUS (Gr. Hetpaceur)

Peiraeus, See also:

• I000

I000 strong, and successfully held the steep hill of Munychia against the oligarchs' full force . After this repulse the Thirty gave way to a provisional See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of moderate oligarchs . Meanwhile a Spartan See also:

• FLEET

fleet, which the latter had summoned, blockaded the Peiraeus, but See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias, commanding the See also:

• LAND

land forces, after some skirmishes effected a general reconciliation by which the democracy was restored (See also:

• OCTOBER

October 403) . Thrasybulus was now the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people; but a See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree by which he secured the See also:

• FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

franchise for all his followers, including many slaves, was rescinded as illegal .

In 395 Thrasybulus induced Athens to join the Theban See also:

• LEAGUE

league against See also:

• SPARTA (Gr. Eirapril or AaKe5atycav)

Sparta, but did not himself take the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field till 389, when he led a new fleet of 40 See also:

• SHIPS

ships against the Spartans at See also:

• RHODES
• RHODES, CECIL JOHN (1853-1902)
• RHODES, JAMES FORD

Rhodes . Sailing first to the See also:

• BOSPORUS, or BOSPHORUS (Gr. Boo-iopos=ox-ford, tradition-ally connected with Io, daughter of Inachus, who, in the form of a heifer, crossed the Thracian Bosporus on her wanderings)

Bosporus he effected a democratic revolution at See also:

• BYZANTIUM

Byzantium and renewed the See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn-See also:

• TOLL (etymologically, that which is numbered or counted; from a common Teutonic form, cf. " tale," " tell ")
• TOLL, JOHAN KRISTOFFER, COUNT (1743-1817)

toll . After a successful descent on See also:

• LESBOS (Mytilene, Turk. Midullu)

Lesbos and the renewal of the 5% import tax at See also:

• THASOS

Thasos and See also:

• CLAZOMENAE (mod. Kelisman)

Clazomenae he sailed See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south in quest of further contributions, but met his See also:

• DEATH

death in a See also:

• NIGHT

night surprise by the people of See also:

• ASPENDUS (mod. Balkis Kale , or, more anciently in the native language, ESTVEDYS (whence the adjective Estvedijys on coins)

Aspendus . By his exactions he had forfeited the confidence both of the See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies and of Athens; but after his death the See also:

• ILL

ill-feeling subsided, and he was ever remembered as one of the saviours of his country . See See also:

• THUCYDIDES (OovavMns)

Thucydides, viii . 75-105; See also:

• XENOPHON

Xenophon, Hellenica; See also:

• LYSIAS

Lysias, c . Eratosth . 55-61 and c . Ergocl . 5, 8; and Const. See also:

• ATH, or AATII

ath. xl . Diodorus xiii., xiv., See also:

• JUSTIN (JUNIANUS JUSTINUS)

Justin v . 9, 10, and See also:

• NEPOS, CORNELIUS (c. 99–24 B.C.)
• NEPOS, JULIUS

Nepos depend almost wholly on Xenophon .

Corpus inscr. att. ii. See also:

• LIB

lib and 14b . (M . O . B .