Alastair Blanshard

Alcibiades is a figure who basically dominates this period. He's an extraordinary individual. Where to start with Alcibiades? He is aristocratic, comes from perhaps the most important of the aristocratic houses through his mother. He's in what we call one of the Alcmaeonidae, which had been an important aristocratic house. Fabulously wealthy, spectacularly good at self-promotion.

Alcibiades is a figure who basically dominates this period. He's an extraordinary individual. Where to start with Alcibiades? He is aristocratic, comes from perhaps the most important of the aristocratic houses through his mother. He's in what we call one of the Alcmaeonidae, which had been an important aristocratic house. Fabulously wealthy, spectacularly good at self-promotion.

Alcibiades is a figure who basically dominates this period. He's an extraordinary individual. Where to start with Alcibiades? He is aristocratic, comes from perhaps the most important of the aristocratic houses through his mother. He's in what we call one of the Alcmaeonidae, which had been an important aristocratic house. Fabulously wealthy, spectacularly good at self-promotion.

He wanders around the marketplace in the finest purple clothes He's famous for having the most beautiful dog in Athens, whose tail he cuts off to the great alarm of everyone. And then when challenged about, why did you cut the tail of your beautiful dog off? He said, well, it's to get everyone talking about me. He's extraordinarily vain. He's fantastically good looking, it must be said.

He wanders around the marketplace in the finest purple clothes He's famous for having the most beautiful dog in Athens, whose tail he cuts off to the great alarm of everyone. And then when challenged about, why did you cut the tail of your beautiful dog off? He said, well, it's to get everyone talking about me. He's extraordinarily vain. He's fantastically good looking, it must be said.

He wanders around the marketplace in the finest purple clothes He's famous for having the most beautiful dog in Athens, whose tail he cuts off to the great alarm of everyone. And then when challenged about, why did you cut the tail of your beautiful dog off? He said, well, it's to get everyone talking about me. He's extraordinarily vain. He's fantastically good looking, it must be said.

part of his vanity for example he famously refused to learn to play the flute because he felt the puffing out his cheeks ruined his features so he's wealthy he's extraordinarily good looking he's has a talent for for military he's charming he was supposed to be on the sicilian expedition but then you know gets caught up in a kind of religious scandal just before it

part of his vanity for example he famously refused to learn to play the flute because he felt the puffing out his cheeks ruined his features so he's wealthy he's extraordinarily good looking he's has a talent for for military he's charming he was supposed to be on the sicilian expedition but then you know gets caught up in a kind of religious scandal just before it

part of his vanity for example he famously refused to learn to play the flute because he felt the puffing out his cheeks ruined his features so he's wealthy he's extraordinarily good looking he's has a talent for for military he's charming he was supposed to be on the sicilian expedition but then you know gets caught up in a kind of religious scandal just before it

So just before the Sicilian expedition, there's this thing called the mutilation of the Hermes, which is possibly an anti-Sicilian expedition. Hermes, the god of travel, suddenly all these Hermes, these representations of Hermes are attacked. So is this a kind of anti-Sicilian expedition? It's a huge act of sacrilege. There's a major inquiry as part of the inquiries

So just before the Sicilian expedition, there's this thing called the mutilation of the Hermes, which is possibly an anti-Sicilian expedition. Hermes, the god of travel, suddenly all these Hermes, these representations of Hermes are attacked. So is this a kind of anti-Sicilian expedition? It's a huge act of sacrilege. There's a major inquiry as part of the inquiries

So just before the Sicilian expedition, there's this thing called the mutilation of the Hermes, which is possibly an anti-Sicilian expedition. Hermes, the god of travel, suddenly all these Hermes, these representations of Hermes are attacked. So is this a kind of anti-Sicilian expedition? It's a huge act of sacrilege. There's a major inquiry as part of the inquiries

into religious sacrilege and profanation that's happening in Athens. Turns out that Alcibiades has been holding very sacrilegious, profane dinner parties. Anyway, he can see the writing on the wall, so he escapes. Interestingly, he escapes from Athens to Sparta, joins the Spartans, His family's always historically had good connections with Sparta. So he joins the Spartans.

into religious sacrilege and profanation that's happening in Athens. Turns out that Alcibiades has been holding very sacrilegious, profane dinner parties. Anyway, he can see the writing on the wall, so he escapes. Interestingly, he escapes from Athens to Sparta, joins the Spartans, His family's always historically had good connections with Sparta. So he joins the Spartans.

into religious sacrilege and profanation that's happening in Athens. Turns out that Alcibiades has been holding very sacrilegious, profane dinner parties. Anyway, he can see the writing on the wall, so he escapes. Interestingly, he escapes from Athens to Sparta, joins the Spartans, His family's always historically had good connections with Sparta. So he joins the Spartans.

He's the mastermind who suggests that they fortify Decolea because he knows how strategically important this is. But while in Sparta, he manages to seduce the queen of Sparta, the king's wife, and installs a bastard son who will then grow up to be one of the kings of Sparta, Leotychides, who's then eventually kind of pushed off the throne because it turns out he's the bastard son of Alcibiades.

He's the mastermind who suggests that they fortify Decolea because he knows how strategically important this is. But while in Sparta, he manages to seduce the queen of Sparta, the king's wife, and installs a bastard son who will then grow up to be one of the kings of Sparta, Leotychides, who's then eventually kind of pushed off the throne because it turns out he's the bastard son of Alcibiades.

He's the mastermind who suggests that they fortify Decolea because he knows how strategically important this is. But while in Sparta, he manages to seduce the queen of Sparta, the king's wife, and installs a bastard son who will then grow up to be one of the kings of Sparta, Leotychides, who's then eventually kind of pushed off the throne because it turns out he's the bastard son of Alcibiades.

So he's with the Spartans. But then, of course, seducing the wife of the queen isn't a great way to maintain your popularity in Sparta. So he then flees them, goes back to Athens. Everyone thinks he's the saviour on Athens.

So he's with the Spartans. But then, of course, seducing the wife of the queen isn't a great way to maintain your popularity in Sparta. So he then flees them, goes back to Athens. Everyone thinks he's the saviour on Athens.