Alcibiades

Alcibiades was completely fascinated by his talk, and made good resolutions.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
A 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 Carlyle
Pericles was tutor, or rather overseer, of the will of Clinias, father to Alcibiades.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals|John Dryden
Such was the history of nearly all 'radicalism' and 'democracy' from the days of Cleon and Alcibiades down to the present time.
Continental Monthly, Vol. I. February, 1862, No. II.|Various

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

Alcibiades

/ (ˌælsɪˈbaɪəˌdiːz) /

noun

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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