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Alcibiades' life was filled with controversy as he navigated the turbulent seas of ancient Greek politics with an unmatched dexterity. Born into Athenian nobility and a student of the great philosopher Socrates, he became a pivotal player in the Peloponnesian War, shifting allegiances with a flair that kept friend and foe alike on their toes. His life was a whirlwind of military triumphs ...
Jan 7, 2021 · Alcibiades was one such man, a famous orator, a general and a strategist who became one of the most important figures of the Peloponnesian War. This war itself became an event that shook the Greek world of that era, shaping the future of this nation for centuries to come, and sealing the fate of Athens. Alcibiades was one of the most skilled ...
biades (Alcibiades i, 2; iv, 1-4; vi, 1-5; Moralia, "On the Fortune and Virtue of Alexander the Great"). A major source that fails to mention the erotic relationship between the young man and his older lover is Xenophon. The principal reference to Alcibiades occurs in the Memora-bilia where the author claims Alcibiades and Critias associated with
Alcibiades Major at the head of a number of reading programs. In particular, the Middle Platonist Albinus wrote a short preface to the Platonic dialogues titled Prologue to Platonic Philosophy1 which gives three explanations for the prominence given to Alcibiades Major: (1) It teaches us to know ourselves as a rational soul. The soul is the
BMCR 2016.12.33. The Platonic ‘Alcibiades I’. The Dialogue and its Ancient Reception. François Renaud , Harold Tarrant , The Platonic ‘Alcibiades I’. The Dialogue and its Ancient Reception . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. xii, 292. ISBN 9780521199124 . $99.99.
True, Alcibiades now desires aretê (virtutem: 52 SSR = Cicero Tusculan Disputations 3.32.77–78), but the surviving fragments provide no clear indication whether that will be that higher sort of moral wisdom (aretê) Socrates cares about, or the kind of “manly excellence” (aretê) Alcibiades envies in Themistocles. At all events ...
The Second Alcibiades or Alcibiades II ( Greek: Ἀλκιβιάδης βʹ) is a dialogue traditionally ascribed to Plato. In it, Socrates attempts to persuade Alcibiades that it is unsafe for him to pray to the gods if he does not know whether what he prays for is actually good or bad for him. Second Alcibiades. There is dispute amongst ...
