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, brilliant successes and ruinous defeats. Born into a wealthy and powerful family in Athens, Alcibiades was a student of Socrates and disciple of Pericles, and he seemed destined to dominate the political life of his city--and his tumultuous age.
The Life of Alcibiades - Dangerous Ambition and the Betrayal of Athens
Jacqueline de Romilly
Cornell University Press
2019
228 páginas
7h 36m
ISBN-13: 9781501739972
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Jacqueline de Romilly
Jacqueline de Romilly, de son nom complet Jacqueline Worms de Romilly, née Jacqueline David le 26 mars 1913, est une philologue française. Membre de l'Académie française, première femme professeur au Collège de France, elle est connue sur le plan international pour ses travaux sur la civilisation et la langue de la Grèce antique, en particulier à propos de Thucydide.
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