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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)
Sicilian Expedition
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The Sicilian Expedition was an Athenian military campaign in Sicily from 415 to 413 BC during the Peloponnesian War. It pitted Athens and its allies against Syracuse, supported by Sparta and Corinth.
Destruction of the Athenian army at Syracuse, as drawn in 1900
Destruction of the Athenian army at Syracuse, as drawn in 1900
Retreat of the Athenians from Syracuse[citation needed]
Retreat of the Athenians from Syracuse[citation needed]
Destruction of the Athenian army in Sicily
Destruction of the Athenian army in Sicily