A cikin wannan yanayi na rikici, aristocrats a Athens waɗanda suka daɗe suna son kawar da dimokiradiyya a can sun fara tayar da hankali a bainar jama'a don canjin gwamnati, kuma sun kafa makirci don kawo oligarchy zuwa iko a Athens. Koyaya, shirye-shiryen su sun haɗa da tunawa da Alcibiades, wanda gwamnatin dimokiradiyya ta yi hijira. Waɗannan oligarchs sun fara shirye-shiryen su a Samos, inda suka yi nasarar ƙarfafa wasu 'yan oligarchs na Sami don fara makircin makamancin haka. Rikici ya tashi a tsakanin masana tarihi na zamani game da shigar Thrasybulus a cikin wannan makircin.
Thrasybulus da Thrasyllus