Thrasybulus
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"Thrasybulus has been dead these fifty years, Father," Agias said.
From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.
Thrasybulus is an old man, shaven, with white locks, and has his name written beneath him, as have also all the others.
From Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi by De Vere, Gaston du C.
The earliest recorded amnesty in history is that of Thrasybulus at Athens, and the last act of amnesty passed in Britain was that of 1747, after the second Jacobite rebellion.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
Thrasybulus inherited a large fortune, and augmented it by the revenues of several lucrative employments, which he discharged with honour and dexterity.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel
What part he took in the struggle between the oligarchy and its democratical assailants under Thrasybulus we are not informed.
From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
