Alcibiades
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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 ● Nov. 21, 2025
His questioning often embarrassed powerful people in Athens and made enemies, while his disciples included the politician Alcibiades and even some who had opposed Athenian democracy.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Alcibiades liked wealth and power, which Pigliucci, following Socrates, doesn’t believe are the most important things.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022
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 ● Jan. 19, 2020
She foresaw that, as two negatives make an affirmative, Mr. and Mrs. Alcibiades Smith, Jr., might yet be worthy of the honor of her acquaintance.
From Boston Neighbours In Town and Out by Agnes Blake Poor
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