Thrasybulus
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The proposition for a truce resulted in a permanent peace, by means of a very singular stratagem which Thrasybulus, the king of Miletus, practiced upon Alyattes.
From Cyrus the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
Now when winter had set in, Thrasybulus and the exiles occupied Phyle, and the force which the Thirty led out to attack them met with a reverse.
From The Athenian Constitution by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
Here likewise arrived Thrasybulus from Thebes, with an Athenian force.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume II by Aubrey Stewart
He never doubted but to be convinced, nor attempted opposition but to flatter Thrasybulus with the pleasure of a victory.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Samuel Johnson
This was, in fact, the case; but Thrasybulus determined to disguise his real condition, and to destroy, by an artifice, all the hopes which Alyattes had formed from the supposed scarcity in the city.
From Cyrus the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
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