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Alcibiades
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Alcibiades was an Athenian statesman and general. The last of the Alcmaeonidae, he played a major role in the second half of the Peloponnesian War as a strategic advisor, military commander, and polit
Detail of Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates, by François-André Vincent (1777)
Detail of Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates, by François-André Vincent (1777)
Jean-Baptiste Regnault: Socrates dragging Alcibiades from the Embrace of Sensual Pleasure (1791) (Louvre)
Jean-Baptiste Regnault: Socrates dragging Alcibiades from the Embrace of Sensual Pleasure (1791) (Louvre)
Battle of Potidaea (432 BC): Athenians against Corinthians (detail). Scene of Socrates saving Alcibiades. 18th-century engraving.
Battle of Potidaea (432 BC): Athenians against Corinthians (detail). Scene of Socrates saving Alcibiades. 18th-century engraving.
Jean-Léon Gérôme: Socrates seeking Alcibiades in the House of Aspasia (1861)
Jean-Léon Gérôme: Socrates seeking Alcibiades in the House of Aspasia (1861)
Socrates
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Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher from Classical Athens, perhaps the first Western moral philosopher, and a major inspiration on his student Plato, who largely founded the tradition of Western
Alcibiades
…helped to rekindle in the early 410s, his days of political relevance were a bygone memory. He is also remembered in art and literature as a student of Socrates. Alcibiades was born in Athens. The family of his father, Cleinias, had old connections with the Spartan aristocracy through a relationship of xenia…
A marble head of Socrates in the Louvre (copy of a lost bronze head by Lysippus)
A marble head of Socrates in the Louvre (copy of a lost bronze head by Lysippus)
The Death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David (1787). Socrates was visited by friends in his last night in prison. His discussion with them gave rise
The Death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David (1787). Socrates was visited by friends in his last night in prison. His discussion with them gave rise to Plato's Crito and Phaedo.
The Debate of Socrates and Aspasia by Nicolas-André Monsiau. Socrates's discussions were not limited to a small elite group; he engaged in dialogues w
The Debate of Socrates and Aspasia by Nicolas-André Monsiau. Socrates's discussions were not limited to a small elite group; he engaged in dialogues with foreigners and with people from all social classes and of all genders.