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Alcibiades

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Alcibiades (; ; 450 – 404 BC) was an Athenian statesman and general. The last of the Alcmaeonidae, he played a major role in the second half of the Peloponnesian War as a strategic advisor, military commander, and politician, but subsequently fell from prominence.

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Alcibiades was a male politician, military personnel, and military leader from Classical Athens. Born in 450 BCE or 451 BCE, he was the son of Cleinias and Deinomache, and a member of the Alcmaeonidae family. He held the position of strategos and was a student of Socrates. His spouse was Hipparete, and he also had an unmarried partner named Timaea.

Alcibiades participated in the Peloponnesian War and the Battle of Potidaea. He was a member of the Skambonidai deme and had a sibling named Cleinias. He died in 404 BCE in Phrygia. His manner of death was homicide, specifically by stabbing. He is described in sources such as Parallel Lives and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

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Detail of Alcibiades from Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates (1776) by François-André Vincent.jpg
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Detail of Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates, by François-André Vincent (1777)
Person.birth_date
BC
Person.birth_place
Athens
Person.death_date
404 BC (aged 45–46)
Person.death_place
Hellespontine Phrygia, Achaemenid Empire
Person.spouse
Hipparete
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Strategos
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Battle of Potidaea Peloponnesian War Battle of Delium Sicilian Expedition Battle of Abydos Battle of Cyzicus Siege of Byzantium

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Gender
male
Citizenship
Classical Athens
Place of birth
Classical Athens
Place of death
Phrygia
Spouse
Hipparete
Father
Cleinias
Mother
Deinomache
Sibling
Cleinias
Position held
strategos
Languages spoken
Ancient Greek
Participant in
ancient Olympic Games
Family
Alcmaeonidae
Student of
Socrates
Conflict
Battle of Potidaea
Military rank
strategos
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Mosaico Alcibiade.jpg
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Alcibiades
date of birth
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date of death
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manner of death
homicide
member of the deme
Skambonidai
cause of death
stabbing
writing language
Ancient Greek
name in native language
Ἀλκιβιάδης
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Encyclopedic overview

31 sections
Contents
  • Early years
  • Political career until 412 BC
  • Rise to prominence
  • Sicilian Expedition
  • Defection to Sparta
  • Defection to Achaemenid Empire in Asia Minor
  • Recall to Athens
  • Negotiations with the Athenian oligarchs
  • Reinstatement as an Athenian general
  • Battles of Abydos and Cyzicus
  • Further military successes
  • Return to Athens, dismissal, and death
  • Return to Athens
  • Defeat at Notium
  • Death
  • Assessments
  • Political career
  • Military achievements
  • Skill in oratory
  • References in popular culture
  • Antique depictions
  • Postclassical depictions
  • Modern depictions
  • Timeline of Alcibiades's life (c. 450–404 BC)
  • Explanatory notes
  • Citations
  • General references
  • Primary sources
  • Secondary sources
  • Further reading
  • External links

Alcibiades (; ; 450 – 404 BC) was an Athenian statesman and general. The last of the Alcmaeonidae, he played a major role in the second half of the Peloponnesian War as a strategic advisor, military commander, and politician, but subsequently fell from prominence.

During the course of the Peloponnesian War, Alcibiades changed his political allegiance several times. In his native Athens in the early 410s BC, he advocated an aggressive foreign policy and was a prominent proponent of the Sicilian Expedition. After his political enemies brought charges of sacrilege against him, he fled to Sparta, where he served as a strategic adviser, proposing or supervising several major campaigns against Athens. However, Alcibiades made powerful enemies in Sparta too, and defected to Persia. There he served as an adviser to the satrap Tissaphernes until Athenian political allies brought about his recall. He served as an Athenian general (strategos) for several years, but enemies eventually succeeded in exiling him a second time. He took refuge in Persian territory and was eventually assassinated, reportedly at the instigation of Sparta.

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