Greek Speech of the Day – Thrasybulus on The Thirty

First of all, a little background. Singer Solon who firstly spoke the Athenian tradition said, "We promulgated the law concerning injuries by beasts, according to this rule, we have to send a wooden collar of 3 cubits in length to someone's biting dog. Happy device to do "

Secondly, the background is close. In the past, after the great defeat in Athens, a group of nobles and 30 thugs took over Athens with the help of Sparta. Civil war continued, the Democratic Party's "common land" became dominant. This is because Sparta chose not to strongly support 30 years old. Then the two Athenian parties were forced to reconcile more or less, or at least they stopped fighting their war.

"People of this town (30 years old) wish" I would like to know myself. " "And you should learn to know if you need to know whether you have to think about why you are arrogant.You should promise to rule us.You can choose which of them It is richer but I do a lot of disgrace for profit (but because you can not make any demands on justice) and think if you dare to be proud of yourself please.

"Is there a better test than the way we fight against each other? So then do you say you have an intellectual advantage? You have walls, weapons, money and Peloponnesos as ally Spartans, do you think you might be proud of yourself? Why did they send you like this mad collar to this angry people? The neck of a dog Let's grab and hand it to the breeder, now they are gone and I left you. "

(Ο ἱτριάκοντατύραννοι) is the first term used by Polycrates in a speech that praises Thrasibulus (Arist. Rhet. 1401a), which explains the short eight months' oligarchy rule that dominated Athens after the Capital War. From the late summer of 404 to the early summer of 403 BC - also called "30 years old". Since the rule of the 1930s showed such cruel and oppressive behavior from which "oligarchy" appeared, the unreliable Athens faction "small rule rule" was replaced with three generations of democratic substitutes I refused to regard it as.

By May 403 BC, about 700 men collected Thrasybulus in Phyle. Approximately 100 Athenians, 300 foreigners and 300 mercenaries hired them (foreign resident). 30 people began grasping Eleusis and Salamis. 33 people voted for another 300 people. Thirty people tried to reconcile with Trashibles and offered him the place of Terramenez. Trashibulus refused. Instead, he asked 30 people to establish patriot politics. At the request of 30th, the Spartans sent armed garrisons to Athens to help counter the increasing threat of Slash brass in the 1930s. When Thyle led by Lacedaemonians sent a small unit again to capture Phyle, Thraybulus fought back. He broke the army and soon went to Piraeus. Thrasybulus arrives at Mounichia Mountain with about 1,200 men

At this time, Atrone's exile, Thrasybulus, led a group of about 70 people and occupied defense mountains Phyle in the north of Athens. It was a relatively small unit, but 30 people responded to the threat by letting 3,000 Athenians interfere with the camp. However, due to bad weather they had to quit. The Thrasybulus armed threat has weakened the vulnerable solidarity between the 1930s who still wanted a narrow oligarchy regime and those who still wanted to raise the privileges of Athenians. After Critias and Charicles win again and Boule gave 30 powers to decide on the life and death of the excluded person, Critias removes the name of Theramenes from the included list and makes him run

It did not take time. The sense of power at the age of 30 slid down from their hands: rival Athenian citizens obviously backed Thraybulus, and if they proved incompetence, Spartans would not endorse them forever It was. They gathered the rest of the troops, persuaded Sparta garrisons to support them again, opposed Trasiblas. The oligarchy is said to be five times the size of Thrasybulus under its orders, but Thrasybulus occupies the commanded height and moral advantage: he whipped the oligarch twice, he People are encouraged by passion. Although the details of the fight are not disclosed, after a few half-way attempts, after the Thraybulus Square fell behind them, the oligarch tried to attack the summit of the mountain (90 pound bronze armor!) It is easy to see being there. People refuse to participate in such incomparable crash