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By Walter M. Ellis

In Alcibiades, first released in 1989, probably the most vibrant and debatable figures of fifth-century Athens is gifted in a sympathetic mild. the writer units out to illustrate how, in his manipulation of the Spartan representatives in 420 BC, in his profitable formation of an Athenian-Argive alliance, and in his plan for the conquest of Syracuse, Alcibiades built a mode of management that was once characterized by means of audacity, ingenuity and skilful international relations. additional, his striking generalship through the Hellespontine conflict activates hypothesis on how the Sicilian excursion may have ended had he additionally been in command.


In many respects the tale of Alcibiades is the heritage of Athens within the twilight of its energy; Alcibiades succeeds in developing a continual narrative of his political profession with out duplicating extra traditional bills, continuously focussing on his involvement during the Peloponnesian conflict and his afflicted courting along with his Athenian compatriots.

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