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Alcibiades has been depicted regularly in art, both in Medieval and Renaissance works, and in several significant works of modern literature as well.
- The Peloponnesian War
- The Sicilian Expedition
- Switching Sides
- Further Complications
- Fortunes of War
Certainly, Alcibiades and Socrates have considerable history together. Plato reveals that, in 432 BC, when the remarkably handsome Alcibiades must have been young (probably around 20 years of age), they fought together at the Battle of Potidaea, and Socrates actually saved his life. Potidaea was founded by Corinth on the Chalcidice peninsula, in th...
In ancient Greece, peace treaties usually specified how long they were supposed to remain intact. The Peace of Nicias, concluded in 421 BC, was supposed to hold for at least five decades. It didn’t mean the end of all hositilies (witness, for example, the first Battle of Mantinea in 418 BC), and not all Athenians were in favour of the truce. Among ...
When Alcibiades received word that he was to return to Athens to stand trial, he returned home aboard his own ship, but disappeared at Thurii on the Tarentine Gulf. Alcibiades opted not to return to Athens, and instead headed to the Peloponnese. Now considered an outlaw, the Athenians sentenced him and his associates to death. With the Athenians ha...
Meanwhile, Alcibiades managed to become friends with the Spartan ephor Endius. He convinced Endius to send him to Chios in order to convice the cities there to revolt against Athens, and to forge an alliance between the Persian Empire and Sparta (Thuc. 8.12). Alcibiades’ aim here was to ensure that Endius would be credited with starting the revolt ...
Alcibiades tried to make the most out of the influence he had among both the Athenians and the Persians. He enjoyed a number of military successes, such as at the battles of Abydos and Cyzicus. A siege against Chalcedon, in the northern part of Greece, ended in an agreement between Thrasybulus and the Chalcedonians (Diodorus Siculus 13.67.1). Event...
Jun 13, 2024 · Alcibiades, brilliant but unscrupulous Athenian politician and military commander who provoked the sharp political antagonisms at Athens that were the main causes of Athens’ defeat by Sparta in the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE). Learn more about Alcibiades’ life and career.
- Russell Meiggs
Feb 8, 2013 · Alcibiades, known as one of the frivolous and impious 'golden youth' of the aristocracy, was held as the prime suspect along with several others. To make matters worse, Alcibiades also faced the more serious accusation of profaning the Mysteries of Eleusis during a drinking party or symposium.
- Mark Cartwright
Jan 7, 2021 · Alcibiades is one of ancient Athens most prominent generals. He changed sides more than once, was a gifted strategist, and lusted for power and fame. The famous city states of ancient Greece were filled with capable leaders, statesmen, generals, and heroes.
Oct 1, 1999 · Alcibiades is one of the most explicitly sexualized figures in fifth-century Athens, a "lover of the people" whom the demos "love and hate and long to possess" (Ar. Frogs 1425). But his eros fits ill with the normative sexuality of the democratic citizen as we usually imagine it.
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Alcibiades Cleiniou Scambonides (IPA: /ˌælsɨˈbaɪədiːz/, Greek: Ἀλκιβιάδης Κλεινίου Σκαμβωνίδης, transliterated Alkibiádēs Kleiníou Skambōnidēs) meaning Alcibiades, son of Cleinias, from the deme of Skambonidai; c. 450–404 B.C.E.), was a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general.
