Clearchus na Heraclea

Clearchus (Girkanci na dā: ,  ; c. 401 BC - 353 BC; kuma an rubuta 'Cleärch' ko Cleärch) ɗan ƙasa ne na Heraclea a kan Euxine (Black Sea) wanda oligarchy na wannan birni ya tuno shi daga gudun hijira don taimaka musu wajen murkushe karuwar rashin jin daɗi da buƙatun mutane. A cewar Justin, Clearchus ya cimma yarjejeniya da Mithridates na Cius don ya ci amanar birnin a gare shi a kan yanayin cewa Clearchus zai riƙe birnin ga Mithridades a matsayin gwamna. Amma, Clearchus ya zo ga ƙarshe cewa zai iya sanya kansa mai mulkin birnin ba tare da taimakon Mithridates ba. Don haka ba wai kawai ya karya yarjejeniyarsa da Mithridates ba, har ma ya kama shi kuma ya tilasta masa ya biya babban kuɗi don a sake shi.

Bayan ya bar gefen oligarchs, Clearchus ya gabatar da kansa a matsayin mutumin mutane, kuma a cikin kimanin 365 BC ya sami umurnin ƙungiyar mercenaries daga jama'ar birnin, kuma, bayan ya kawar da oligarchs ta hanyar kisan kai da fitarwa, ya ɗaga kansa zuwa zalunci. An ce ya yi amfani da ikonsa da mummunar zalunci kamar yadda ya samu kuma, a matsayin alamar girman kai, ya ɗauki halayen Zeus a fili, kuma ya ba da sunan Keraunos (watau "mai tsawa") ga ɗayan 'ya'yansa maza.

Saboda halinsa na zalunci, Clearchus ya rayu cikin tsoron kisan kai, wanda ya kare shi a hanya mafi tsauri. Amma, duk da kariya, Chion da Leon An kashe shi a cikin 353 BC, bayan mulkin shekaru goma sha biyu.[1] An ce Chion ya kasance dalibi ne na Plato da Isocrates, wanda na ƙarshe ya tabbatar da cewa, yayin da yake tare da shi, yana ɗaya daga cikin maza mafi tausayi da alheri.[2]

Clearchus ya gaji ɗan'uwansa Satyrus, wanda aka ce ya fi mugun mai mulki wanda "ya sanya kansa mai zalunci a wannan hanyar". Heraclea za ta ci gaba da zama mulkin masu zalunci.In addition to Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, see the list of classical testimonia following.

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 Amastrin
 Dionysius na Heraclea
 Timotheus na Heraclea
 Oxyathres na Heraclea

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