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Thrasybulus - the man who saved Athenian democracy

History Dispatches
History Dispatches
Episode • May 9 • 20m

In 404 BC, democracy was in tatters. Athens was under the control of tyrants and hope was draining. But one man, Thrasybulus, would defy the odds, return from exile, and restore democracy to Athens.

Sources

"Thrasybulus and the Athenian Democracy: the Life of an Athenian Statesman" by R J Buck

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrasybulus

Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bust_of_%22Thrasybulus_Athenienses%22_1935_-_1080x1350.jpg


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