Knowledge

Thrasybulus of Miletus

Source 📝

59: 52: 340: 230:
asks Thrasybulus for advice on ruling. Thrasybulus, instead of responding, takes the messenger for a walk in a field of wheat, where he proceeds to cut off all of the best and tallest ears of wheat. The message, correctly interpreted by Periander, was that a wise ruler would preempt challenges to his
58: 377: 165: 406: 370: 411: 325: 158: 231:
rule by "removing" those prominent men who might be powerful enough to challenge him; this story gave the name to
363: 244: 35: 151: 396: 201:. This war ended without a decisive victor (a result that Herodotus credits to Thrasybulus's tricking 401: 22: 351: 280: 265: 222: 295: 137: 293:
Aristotle tells the same story albeit with reversed roles (Thrasybulus asks Periander) in
8: 232: 321: 202: 213: 205:
into making peace.). Following the war, Miletus and Lydia concluded an alliance.
347: 182: 390: 197:
in the 7th century BC. Under his rule, Miletus fought a lengthy war against
21:
This article is about the tyrant of Miletus. For the tyrant of Syracuse, see
127: 26: 227: 217: 209: 112: 97: 87: 194: 39: 190: 51: 198: 339: 388: 371: 346:This Ancient Greek biographical article is a 159: 378: 364: 166: 152: 216:. He features in a famous anecdote from 318:The Ancient Greeks: A critical history 18:Tyrant of Miletus in the 7th century BC 389: 334: 13: 320:(Harvard University Press, 1983) 14: 423: 338: 57: 50: 25:. For the Athenian general, see 287: 272: 257: 1: 310: 245:Negative selection (politics) 119: 104: 350:. You can help Knowledge by 226:, in which a messenger from 7: 407:7th-century BC Greek people 238: 208:Thrasybulus was an ally of 10: 428: 412:Ancient Greek people stubs 333: 20: 186: 250: 23:Thrasybulus of Syracuse 187:Θρασύβουλος ὁ Μιλήσιος 66:Late 8th or 7th c.BCE 233:tall poppy syndrome 123: 513-499 BCE 108: 518-514 BCE 397:Ancient Milesians 359: 358: 316:Fine, John V.A. 176: 175: 143: 142: 419: 380: 373: 366: 342: 335: 304: 291: 285: 276: 270: 261: 212:, the tyrant of 188: 168: 161: 154: 124: 121: 109: 106: 61: 54: 47: 46: 32: 31: 427: 426: 422: 421: 420: 418: 417: 416: 402:Archaic tyrants 387: 386: 385: 384: 331: 313: 308: 307: 299:, 3, 1284a and 292: 288: 277: 273: 262: 258: 253: 241: 172: 134:3rd century BCE 122: 107: 94:6th century BCE 84:6th century BCE 74:7th century BCE 30: 19: 12: 11: 5: 425: 415: 414: 409: 404: 399: 383: 382: 375: 368: 360: 357: 356: 343: 329: 328: 312: 309: 306: 305: 286: 271: 255: 254: 252: 249: 248: 247: 240: 237: 174: 173: 171: 170: 163: 156: 148: 145: 144: 141: 140: 135: 131: 130: 125: 116: 115: 110: 101: 100: 95: 91: 90: 85: 81: 80: 75: 71: 70: 67: 63: 62: 55: 43: 42: 17: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 424: 413: 410: 408: 405: 403: 400: 398: 395: 394: 392: 381: 376: 374: 369: 367: 362: 361: 355: 353: 349: 344: 341: 337: 336: 332: 327: 326:0-674-03314-0 323: 319: 315: 314: 302: 298: 297: 290: 283: 282: 281:The Histories 275: 268: 267: 266:The Histories 260: 256: 246: 243: 242: 236: 234: 229: 225: 224: 219: 215: 211: 206: 204: 200: 196: 192: 184: 180: 169: 164: 162: 157: 155: 150: 149: 147: 146: 139: 136: 133: 132: 129: 126: 118: 117: 114: 111: 103: 102: 99: 96: 93: 92: 89: 86: 83: 82: 79: 76: 73: 72: 68: 65: 64: 60: 56: 53: 49: 48: 45: 44: 41: 37: 34: 33: 28: 24: 16: 352:expanding it 345: 330: 317: 300: 294: 289: 279: 274: 264: 259: 221: 207: 178: 177: 77: 15: 179:Thrasybulus 128:Aristagoras 78:Thrasybulus 27:Thrasybulus 391:Categories 311:References 303:, 5, 1311a 278:Herodotus 269:, 1.20-23f 263:Herodotus 189:) was the 228:Periander 223:Histories 218:Herodotus 210:Periander 138:Timarchus 113:Histiaeus 98:Damasanor 69:Amphitres 301:Politics 296:Politics 239:See also 203:Alyattes 284:, 5.92f 214:Corinth 195:Miletus 40:Miletus 36:Tyrants 324:  191:tyrant 251:Notes 199:Lydia 183:Greek 88:Thoas 348:stub 322:ISBN 220:'s 193:of 38:of 393:: 235:. 185:: 120:c. 105:c. 379:e 372:t 365:v 354:. 181:( 167:e 160:t 153:v 29:.

Index

Thrasybulus of Syracuse
Thrasybulus
Tyrants
Miletus


Thrasybulus
Thoas
Damasanor
Histiaeus
Aristagoras
Timarchus
v
t
e
Greek
tyrant
Miletus
Lydia
Alyattes
Periander
Corinth
Herodotus
Histories
Periander
tall poppy syndrome
Negative selection (politics)
The Histories
The Histories
Politics

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.