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Feb 8, 2013 · Bija (CC BY) Alcibiades (or Alkibiades) was a gifted and flamboyant Athenian statesman and general whose shifting of sides during the Peloponnesian War in the 5th century BCE earned him a reputation for cunning and treachery. Good-looking and rich, he was also notorious for his extravagant lifestyle and loose morals.
- Mark Cartwright
Dec 2, 2023 · Category. : Alcibiades. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. English: Alcibiades Cleiniou Scambonides (also Alkibiades) (Greek: Ἀλκιβιάδης Κλεινίου Σκαμβωνίδης) (c. 450 BC–404 BC) was a prominent Athenian statesman, orator and general. For more info, consult Wikipedia.
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Alcibiades. (died 404 B.C.E.) By Plutarch. Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden. Alcibiades, as it is supposed, was anciently descended from Eurysaces, the son of Ajax, by his father's side; and by his mother's side from Alcmaeon. Dinomache, his mother, was the daughter of Megacles. His father, Clinias, having fitted out a galley at his ...
Apr 5, 2024 · Alcibiades (born c. 450 bce, Athens [Greece]—died 404, Phrygia [now in Turkey]) was a 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 ).
- Russell Meiggs
Alcibiades was born in Athens. The family of his father, Cleinias, [3] had old connections with the Spartan aristocracy through a relationship of xenia, and the name "Alcibiades" was of Spartan origin. [4] [5] Alcibiades' mother was Deinomache, the daughter of Megacles, head of the powerful Alcmaeonid family, and could trace her family back to ...
Feb 8, 2013 · Download Full Size Image. An idealised bust attributed to Athenian statesman and general Alcibiades (c. 451-403 BCE). Roman copy of a 4th century BCE original (Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome ). Remove Ads. Advertisement. License & Copyright. This image was first published on Flickr . Original image by Bija.
