Alcibiades
[al-suh-bahy-uh-deez]
- 450?–404 b.c., Athenian politician and general.
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As I approached her apartment, the voice of Alcibiades met my ear.
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The testimony of Pericles, Alcibiades, and Plato, confirmed the truth of his words.
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The faithful attendants at once suspected treachery in Alcibiades.
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He dislikes to have me visit Aspasia; and was angry because I danced with Alcibiades.
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I will not punish your fault so severely as Alcibiades ventured to hope.
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Alcibiades
- 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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