Life of Alcibiades
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Life of Alcibiades is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, recounting the character and exploits of the controversial Athenian statesman and general Alcibiades.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Life of Alcibiades canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek biography
ⓘ
biographical essay ⓘ work by Plutarch ⓘ |
| aimsAt | moral instruction ⓘ |
| author | Plutarch ⓘ |
| circulatesAs | part of collected editions of Plutarch’s Lives ⓘ |
| comparesWith |
Life of Coriolanus
ⓘ
surface form:
Coriolanus
|
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| describes |
Alcibiades’ defection to Sparta
ⓘ
Alcibiades’ return to Athens ⓘ Alcibiades’ stay in Persia ⓘ Athenian politics in the 5th century BC ⓘ Peloponnesian War ⓘ Sicilian Expedition ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
character of Alcibiades
ⓘ
instability of fortune ⓘ military leadership ⓘ moral evaluation of Alcibiades ⓘ personal extravagance ⓘ political ambition ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
ⓘ
moral biography ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Nicias
ⓘ
Pericles ⓘ Socrates ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
influence of character on political destiny
ⓘ
relationship between democracy and charismatic leaders ⓘ tension between private vice and public virtue ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
ⓘ
surface form:
corpus of Plutarch’s Lives
|
| influenced |
Renaissance humanist biography
ⓘ
later biographical writing ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Early Imperial Greek literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Greco-Roman biography ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Alcibiades ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Life of Coriolanus ⓘ |
| partOf | Parallel Lives ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 5th century BC ⓘ |
| setting |
Athens
ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Empire
Sparta ⓘ |
| timeOfWriting | 1st–2nd century AD ⓘ |
| usesAsSource |
Thucydides
ⓘ
comic poets ⓘ earlier historians ⓘ |
| workIn | Parallel Lives ⓘ |
| workType | parallel life ⓘ |
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