Alcibiades of Athens
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Article abstract: Athenian general{$I[g]Greece;Alcibiades of Athens} Although it might be argued that Alcibiades was a demagogue, a traitor, a heretic, and morally dissolute, he was a gifted politician and military leader—and certainly one of the most romantic figures of the Peloponnesian War.
Early Life
Alcibiades (al-suh-BI-uh-deez) was born around 450 b.c.e., the son of Cleinias, a wealthy aristocrat and participant in the Battle of Artemisium. His mother, Deinomache, was a member of the Alcmaeonid clan and a cousin of Pericles, in whose house the...
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