Alcibiades
450?–404 b.c., Athenian politician and general.
Other words from Alcibiades
- Al·ci·bi·a·de·an, adjective
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How to use Alcibiades in a sentence
Alcibiades was completely fascinated by his talk, and made good resolutions.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordA pious man, too; not in the least like "Alcibiades," except in the sudden changes of fortune he underwent.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlylePericles was tutor, or rather overseer, of the will of Clinias, father to Alcibiades.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals | John DrydenSuch was the history of nearly all 'radicalism' and 'democracy' from the days of Cleon and Alcibiades down to the present time.
And this question, applied to such men as Cambyses, Alexander or Alcibiades, was somewhat embarrassing for him to answer.
Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2 | Gustave Flaubert
British Dictionary definitions for Alcibiades
/ (ˌælsɪˈbaɪəˌdiːz) /
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)
Derived forms of Alcibiades
- Alcibiadean, adjective
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