Alcibiades

name

Etymology: From Latin Alcibiadēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs).

1. A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs), notably borne by Alcibiades (450–404 B.C.), a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general.

   “Alcibiades was a happy union of coxcomb and conqueror; but there was in him a want of that repose, and of that superb self-reliance, which characterises the Roman.”