Plutarch's Life of Alcibiades
By Plutarch (Greece (Athens))
The brilliant, handsome, and erratic pupil of Socrates whose glittering talents and reckless ambition swayed the destiny of Athens, Sparta, and Persia. Moral focus: The double-edged sword of brilliant talent without moral anchor.
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Lesson 1: The Beautiful and Wayward Youth
Term Reading 1 of 12 • Alcibiades
The Beautiful and Wayward Youth
The darling of Athens; cutting off the tail of his handsome dog so citizens would talk of that rather than his worse faults.
[Public Domain: Plutarch's Parallel Lives, translated by John Dryden / Thomas North.]
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Lesson 1: The Beautiful and Wayward Youth
Term Reading 1 of 12 • Alcibiades
Lesson 2: Socrates and the Love of Virtue
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Lesson 3: The Olympic Chariot Races
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Lesson 4: The Deception of the Spartan Ambassadors
Term Reading 4 of 12 • Alcibiades
Lesson 5: The Sicilian Expedition: The Dream of Empire
Term Reading 5 of 12 • Alcibiades
Lesson 6: The Mutilation of the Hermae & The Summons Home
Term Reading 6 of 12 • Alcibiades
Lesson 7: The Flight to Sparta & The Chameleonic Advisor
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Lesson 8: Fortifying Decelea against Athens
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Lesson 9: The Court of Tissaphernes: Persian Splendor
Term Reading 9 of 12 • Alcibiades
Lesson 10: The Triumphal Return to Athens
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Lesson 11: The Defeat at Notium & Second Banishment
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Lesson 12: The Midnight Cottage in Phrygia
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