The Life of Alcibiades: Dangerous Ambition and the Betrayal of Athens by Jacqueline de Romilly

The Life of Alcibiades: Dangerous Ambition and the Betrayal of Athens

Jacqueline de Romilly with Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings (Translator)

228 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
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This biography of Alcibiades, the charismatic Athenian statesman and general (c. 450-404 BC) who achieved both renown and infamy during the Peloponnesian War, is both an extraordinary adventure story and a cautionary tale that reveals the dangers ...

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