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re-establish yourself as an autonomous polis along with us
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and all the others who want to take away power from the Spartans,
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which they are abusing so terribly.
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Now, the remarkable thing to me is that Xenophon,
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who very likely was there,
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reports that the Athenian assembly voted unanimously in favor.
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Well, it's worth pointing out,
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of course, that the number one advocate of doing that,
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of joining the rebellion against Sparta,
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was Thrasybulus the great hero of the time
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that certainly made a big difference.
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Thrasybulus had been one of the cautious leaders before