Thrasybulus - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Thrasybulus: Encyclopedia Ii - Thrasybulus - The Coup Of 411 Bc
In 411 BC, in the wake of the Athenian defeat in Sicily, aristocrats at Athens who had long desired to overthrow the democracy began to w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 411 Bc: Encyclopedia - 411 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC - 410s BC - 400s BC 390s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 407 Bc: Encyclopedia - 407 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amnesty: Encyclopedia - Amnesty
Amnesty (from the Greek amnestia, oblivion) is an act of justice by which the supreme power in a state restores those who may have been g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 388 Bc: Encyclopedia - 388 Bc
Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC - 380s BC - 370s BC 360s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcibiades: Encyclopedia - Alcibiades
Alcibiades Cleiniou Scambonides (also Alkibiades) (ancient Greek: Αλκιβιαδες Κλεινιου Σκαμβωνιδες)¹ (c. 450...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Notium: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Notium - Aftermath
Upon receiving news of the battle, Alcibiades lifted the siege of Phocaea and returned south to reinforce the fleet at Notium; this resto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piraeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Piraeus - History
The name Piraeus roughly means "the place over the passage". In very early antiquity Piraeus was a rocky island (the settlement of Mounic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peace Of Antalcidas: Encyclopedia Ii - Peace Of Antalcidas - The End Of The War
By 387 BC, the central front of the Corinthian War had shifted from the Greek mainland to the Aegean, where an Athenian fleet under Thras...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Cyzicus: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Cyzicus - The Battle
The Athenian force entered the Hellespont, and, passing the Spartan base at Abydos by night so as to conceal their numbers, established a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Banausos: Encyclopedia Ii - Banausos - Philosophers
Plato, the philosopher, was Critias's nephew, and used banausos in much the same sense; although in the Republic he preferred the install...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thasos: Encyclopedia Ii - Thasos - History
The island was colonized at an early date by Phoenicians, attracted probably by its gold mines; they founded a temple of Heracles, which ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fyli: Encyclopedia Ii - Fyli - Geography
Fyli is accessed with the Attiki Odos to the south near Aspropyrgos to the southwest. The mountains of Parnitha lies to the north and nor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lysander: Encyclopedia Ii - Lysander - Decline And Death
However, Lysander became unpopular throughout Greece, promoting the interests of his friends' and displaying vindictiveness against those...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcibiades: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcibiades - Life
Alcibiades was born in Athens, the son of Cleinias and Deinomache, who belonged to the family of the Alcmaeonidae. He was a near relative...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piraeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Piraeus - History
The name Piraeus roughly means "the place over the passage". In very early antiquity Piraeus was a rocky island (the settlement of Mounic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peace Of Antalcidas: Encyclopedia Ii - Peace Of Antalcidas - Effects
The single greatest effect of the Peace of Antalcidas was the return of firm Persian control to Ionia and parts of the Aegean. Driven bac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Banausos: Encyclopedia Ii - Banausos - Athenian Usage
The use of banausos follows an economic transition in Greece: the use of coinage, the invention of the trireme and of hoplite armor, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peace Of Antalcidas: Encyclopedia Ii - Peace Of Antalcidas - Terms Of The Peace
The single most notable feature of the Peace of Antalcidas is the Persian influence it reflects. The Persian decree that established the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lysander: Encyclopedia Ii - Lysander - Lysander Establishes Himself
Lysander was one of the Heraclidae, but not a member of the Spartan royal families. Details of his early life and career are not known. L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Notium: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Notium - Prelude
In 407 BC, Lysander was appointed as navarch, commander of the Spartan fleet. Gathering a fleet as he went, he sailed west across the Aeg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Banausos: Encyclopedia Ii - Banausos - Revivals
It has been conjectured that the Elizabethan use of "mechanical" (as in e.g. Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream) is a translation of b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lysander: Encyclopedia Ii - Lysander - Triumph
Spartan law forbade him from serving a second term so he was nominally second in command, but the de facto Spartan leader, at the Battle ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thrasybulus: Encyclopedia Ii - Thrasybulus - Historical Opinions
Most of the major ancient chroniclers of these events were inclined to assign credit for the dramatic Athenian victories of 411 BC to Alc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thrasybulus: Encyclopedia Ii - Thrasybulus - Later Actions
In the revived democracy established in 403 BC, Thrasybulus became a major and prestigious leader. He led a moderate faction, but advocat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thrasybulus: Encyclopedia Ii - Thrasybulus - The Thirty Tyrants
In 404 BC, following a defeat at the Battle of Aegospotamai, Athens was forced to surrender, ending the Peloponnesian War. In the wake of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thrasybulus: Encyclopedia Ii - Thrasybulus - In Command
In the months following these events, Thrasybulus commanded the Athenian fleet in several major engagements. At the Battle of Cynossema, ...   » Read the article