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

by Jacqueline de Romilly

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 that political opportunism and demagoguery pose to democracy. As Jacqueline de Romilly brilliantly documents, Alcibiades's life is one of wanderings and vicissitudes, promises and disappointments,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501719750
• ISBN13: 9781501719752
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher