Alcibiades

450–404 BC

Controversial statesman and general of Athens, who betrayed the city, then returned as hero.

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Fatal Expedition  in  Pictures from Greek Life and Story  by  Alfred J. Church
Lion's Cub  in  Pictures from Greek Life and Story  by  Alfred J. Church
Great Scheme  in  Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition  by  Alfred J. Church
Man with Many Faces  in  Tales of the Greeks: The Children's Plutarch  by  F. J. Gould
Socrates' Favorite Pupil  in  The Story of the Greeks  by  H. A. Guerber
Alcibiades  in  Famous Men of Greece  by  John H. Haaren and A. B. Poland
Alcibiades, and the War between Athens and Sparta in  Greek Gods, Heroes, and Men  by  Caroline H. and Samuel B. Harding
Alcibiades  in  Our Young Folks' Plutarch  by  Rosalie Kaufman
Alcibiades the Favourite of Athens  in  The Story of Greece  by  Mary Macgregor
Alcibiades Returns to Athens  in  The Story of Greece  by  Mary Macgregor
Socrates and Alcibiades  in  Historical Tales: Greek  by  Charles Morris
A Wasted Life  in  Stories of the Ancient Greeks  by  Charles D. Shaw
Sicilian Expedition  in  The Story of the Greek People  by  Eva March Tappan


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Alcibiades: From a bust in the Chiaramonti museum in the Vatican.
 in Pictures from Greek Life and Story

Alcibiades dared the driver to come on
 in The Story of the Greeks

Alcibiades
 in The Story of the Greeks

Socrates teaching young Alcibiades, Schopin
 in Famous Men of Greece

Socrates Instructing Alcibiades
 in Greatest Nations - Greece

Alcibiades Interrupting the Banquet of Agathon
 in Greatest Nations - Greece

The Death of Alcibiades
 in Greatest Nations - Greece

The multitude saluted him with loud acclamations.
 in The Story of Greece

Socrates Instructing Alcibiades
 in The Story of the Greek People

Alcibiades (In the Vatican at Rome)
 in The Story of the Greek People