The Life of Alcibiades: Dangerous Ambition and the Betrayal of Athens

Author/Contributor(s):	Romilly, Jacqueline de
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Date:	10/15/2019
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

This biography of Alcibiades, the charismatic Athenian statesman and general (c. 450-404 BC) who achieved both renown and infamy during the Peloponnesian War, is both an extraordinary adventure story and a cautionary tale that reveals the dangers that political opportunism and demagoguery pose to democracy. As Jacqueline de Romilly brilliantly...