A cikin farfadowar dimokiradiyya da aka kafa a shekara ta 403 kafin haihuwar Yesu, Thrasybulus ya zama babban jagora mai daraja, kodayake Archinus ya maye gurbinsa a kan shugabancin jihar. Thrasybulus da alama ya ba da shawarar bin tsarin dimokiradiyya fiye da yadda jama'a ke son karɓa a lokacin; ya yi kira da a maido da biyan kuɗi don hidimar siyasa, kuma ya nemi a ba da ɗan ƙasa ga duk metics da baƙi waɗanda suka yi yaƙi tare da shi a kan talatin. Da farko ya yi taka tsantsan game da cutar da Sparta, amma, lokacin da goyon bayan Farisa ya kasance a farkon yakin Koranti, ya zama mai ba da shawara ga ayyukan tashin hankali, kuma a wannan lokacin ya sake samun rinjaye a siyasar Athenian.
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