 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muhutongi hwevanhu hwakamutsiridzwa hwakagadzwa muna 403 BC, Thrasybulus akava mutungamiri mukuru uye ane mukurumbira, kunyange zvazvo akakurumidza kutsiviwa kumusoro wenyika naArchinus. Thrasybulus anoratidzika kuva akatsigira mutemo wezvematongerwe enyika zvakanyanya kupfuura vanhu vakanga vachida kugamuchira panguva iyoyo; akadaidzira kudzorera kubhadhara kwebasa rezvematongerwe enyika, uye akatsvaka kuwedzera vagari kune vose veMetics nevatorwa vakanga varwa pamwe chete naye kurwisana neVatatu. Pakutanga akanga akangwarira pamusoro pokugumbura Sparta, asi, apo tsigiro yePersia yakava inowanika pakuvamba kweHondo yeKorinde, akava mutsigiri wechiito chokurwisa, uye panenge panguva ino anoratidzika kuva akawanazve ukuru hwake mune zvematongerwe enyika zveAtene. Akatanga kuvakazve masvingo marefu, akanga aputswa pakapera Hondo yePeloponnese, uye akatungamirira mauto eAtene paNemeauye Coronea; zvisinei, kukundwa uku kwakakuvadza chimiro chake chezvematongerwe enyika, uye akatsiviwa ari mukuru wehurumende naConon, uyo kukunda kwake paKnidus kwakagumisa zviroto zveSparta zveumambo hwezvikepe. 