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Alcibiades Quotes. As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delight of presence best known by the torments of absence. Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made.
Quotes By Nicholas Plato. 5 quotes from Alcibiades: ‘I was the first man to fall in love with you, son of Clinias, and now that the others have stopped pursuing you I suppose you'...
Aug 1, 2022 · Alcibiades: “To me, O Socrates, it seems true.” Socrates: “This therefore in the soul resembles the divine nature. And a man, looking at this, and recognizing all that which is divine, and God and wisdom, would thus gain the most knowledge of himself.” Alcibiades: “It is apparent.”
Alcibiades, pg. 68/lines 216e-217a. In his speech praising Socrates, Alcibiades develops the image of Socrates further. This quote implies that Alcibiades has seen more of the true Socrates than the others, allowing him to make his claims with authority. His speech shows that Socrates is the perfect image of love.
- Early Life
- The Sicilian Expedition
- Advising Sparta
- A Returning Hero
Alcibiades was born in 451/450 BCE, the son of the Athenian politician Cleinias, and his mother Deinomache was from the ancient aristocratic family the Alkmeonidai. Alcibiades was also the nephew of the great Athenian statesman Pericles, and he spent his childhood in the family home of his famous uncle. As a young man, he was the pupil and friend o...
In 415 BCE Alcibiades gave a speech to persuade the Athenians to launch a military expedition to Sicily. The pretext for this expedition occurred in 416/415 BCE when Segesta, a city-state in the west of Sicily, asked Athens for help against local rival Selinus which was allied with Syracuse. Besides imperialist ambition, Alcibiades may well have be...
Alcibiades made himself useful to his new hosts and, according to his accusers in Athens, he freely gave Athenian state secrets to the Spartans. He also advised the Spartans to take by force the Athenian fortress of Dekeleia (which they did in 413 BCE). Meanwhile, the Athenian expedition in Sicily was a complete disaster with total defeat in 414 BC...
In 407 BCE Alcibiades returned to Athens in triumph, the old charges against him were dropped, and as a reward for his efforts he was made strategos autokrater once again, but this time above all other generals, the only such instance in the history of Athens. In effect then, Alcibiades was now commander-in-chief of the Athenian armed forces. Quash...
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Jan 1, 2023 · Version date: 01 Jan 2023. Persons in the dialogue: Socrates, Alcibiades. Soc: 103A Son of Cleinias, I think you are amazed that, being your first lover, I alone have not departed now that the others have gone, and although the others conversed with you in droves, I, in contrast, have not addressed you for so many years.
Feb 12, 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.