Alcibiades

American  

[al-suh-bahy-uh-deez] / ˌæl səˈbaɪ əˌdiz /

noun

1. 450?–404 b.c., Athenian politician and general.

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Alcibiades British  

/ ˌælsɪˈbaɪəˌdiːz /

noun

1. 450–404 _bc , Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War: brilliant, courageous, and unstable, he defected to the Spartans in 415, but returned and led the Athenian victories at Abydos (411) and Cyzicus (410)

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Other Word Forms

• Alcibiadean adjective

Example Sentences

When his “political enemy,” the glib and popular Alcibiades, sways the assembly, Nicias replies that this means sending both a fleet and “large numbers of land forces.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The failure to educate Alcibiades leads Pigliucci to a series of sketches about how challenging and important it is to try to improve the character of political leaders.

From Washington Post

The other steadfast friend, the soldier Alcibiades, has been vastly rejiggered in an attempt to give the play a timely hook.

From New York Times

Alcibiades Cifuentes and Jennifer Wee Cifuentes have admitted in federal court in Newark that they took money from about 25 people, purportedly to invest in the foreign currency and commodities markets.

From Washington Times

British Idiom had won a maiden sprint at Saratoga and then the Grade I Alcibiades around two turns last month at Keeneland.

From Los Angeles Times