Alcibiades

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Alcibiades was a controversial and charismatic Athenian statesman and general of the Peloponnesian War, known for his shifting political allegiances between Athens, Sparta, and Persia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Athenian statesman
general
historical figure
military commander
orator
politician
allegiance Achaemenid Empire
Athens
Sparta
causeOfExile accusation of mutilation of the Herms
accusation of profaning the Eleusinian Mysteries
citizenship Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece

Classical Athens
closeAssociateOf Socrates
commanded Athenian navy
surface form: Athenian fleet at the Battle of Cyzicus
countryOfDeath Achaemenid Empire
dateOfBirth c. 450 BC
dateOfDeath 404 BC
era Classical Greece
ethnicGroup Athenian
father Cleinias
surface form: Clinias
knownFor charisma
controversial behavior
military daring
political opportunism
languageSpoken Ancient Greek
memberOf Alcmaeonid family
militaryRank strategos
mother Deinomache
notableFor influence on Athenian politics
involvement in the Sicilian Expedition
role in the Peloponnesian War
shifting political allegiances
occupation diplomat
general
statesman
participatedIn Sicilian Expedition
placeOfBirth Athens
placeOfDeath Phrygia
portrayedIn Plato's Alcibiades I
Plato's Alcibiades II
Socratic dialogues of Plato
surface form: Plato's Protagoras

Plato's Symposium
History of the Peloponnesian War
surface form: Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War

Xenophon's Hellenica
returnedTo Athens
servedIn Peloponnesian War
studentOf Socrates
tookRefugeIn Persian court
Sparta

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