Editing Thrasybulus (section)

==Personal life and early career==
Almost nothing is known of Thrasybulus's background or early life.  His father was named Lycus,<ref>[[Thucydides]], ''[[History of the Peloponnesian War|The Peloponnesian War]]'' [[s:History of the Peloponnesian War/Book 8#8:75|8.75.2]]</ref> and he was a native of the [[deme]] of Steiria in Athens.<ref name="ReferenceA">[[Xenophon]], ''[[Hellenica]]'' [[s:Hellenica (Xenophon)/Book 4/Chapter 8|4.8]]</ref>  He was probably born between 455 and 441 BC, although dates as late as the later 430s BC have been suggested.  He was married, and had two children.  Several facts make it clear that he was from a wealthy family; he held the office of [[trierarch]],<ref>Thucydides, ''The Peloponnesian War'' [[s:History of the Peloponnesian War/Book 8#8:73|8.73.4]]</ref> which involved significant personal expenditures on several occasions, and in the 4th century BC his son was able to pay a substantial fine of 10 [[Attic talent|talents]].<ref>[[Demosthenes]], ''On the False Embassy'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0072&layout=&loc=19.280 280]</ref>

By 411 Thrasybulus had established a reputation as a pro-democracy politician. Throughout his career, Thrasybulus consistently advocated several policies.  He was a proponent of Athenian imperialism and expansionism and a strong supporter of [[Pericles|Periclean]] democracy.  According to [[Demosthenes]], Thrasybulus was one of the "great and distinguished orators."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0072:speech=18:section=219&highlight=cephalus|title = Demosthenes, on the Crown, section 219}}</ref> [[Plutarch]] notes that he had "the loudest voice of the Athenians."<ref>[[Plutarch]], [http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/alcibiad.html Life of Alcibiades]</ref> And the Athenian general [[Conon]] described Thrasybulus as a man who was "bold in counsel."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0060%3Abook%3D2%3Achapter%3D23%3Asection%3D29|title = Aristotle, Rhetoric, book 2, chapter 23, section 29}}</ref> During his period of prominence within the democracy, he seems to have led what might now be termed a [[Populism|populist]] faction.
According to the historical account provided by Xenophon, he was murdered by locals during the night while acting as general of a military expedition on its way to Rhodes while on a stopover in [[Aspendus]] on the [[Eurymedon River]] on account of his soldiers' recent transgressions against local farmers and their farmsteads.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>