{"title":"Richly Endowed","authors":"Jacqueline de Romilly","doi":"10.7591/cornell/9781501719752.003.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501719752.003.0001","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter provides a background of Alcibiades. One quality is immediately apparent about Alcibiades: he is exceptionally gorgeous. All the sources speak of his beauty and describe all the love affairs in which he figures. It should be remembered that at that time beauty was a virtue, widely recognized and celebrated. Along with beauty, Alcibiades had charm and the power of seduction. He was a celebrity, the spoiled child of Athens, allowed to do whatever he pleased and admired for everything he did. Indeed, Alcibiades came from an aristocratic family, a fact not to be ignored even in the egalitarian democracy that governed Athens at the time. Around the middle of the fifth century BCE, powerful families were highly regarded and enjoyed considerable authority. Alcibiades came from the two largest of these families. He was thus born with every advantage, everything money could buy to advance his career, from an excellent education among the greatest minds to the means of achieving fame throughout the democracy. The chapter then describes the friendship between Alcibiades and Socrates.","PeriodicalId":232452,"journal":{"name":"The Life of Alcibiades","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117253331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conclusion","authors":"","doi":"10.7591/9781501739965-016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501739965-016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":232452,"journal":{"name":"The Life of Alcibiades","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128441987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"1. Richly Endowed","authors":"Jacqueline de Romilly","doi":"10.7591/9781501739965-004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501739965-004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":232452,"journal":{"name":"The Life of Alcibiades","volume":"34 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133086935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Insults and Scandals","authors":"Jacqueline de Romilly","doi":"10.7591/cornell/9781501719752.003.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501719752.003.0002","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter discusses Alcibiades' scandals, which resulted from his insolence that went very far back, to childhood and early adolescence. The anecdotes collected by Plutarch are sufficient to suggest Alcibiades' character—and all the dangers therein. The many assets he enjoyed gave rise to increasingly serious faults in his day-to-day life. Handsome, rich, and noble, Alcibiades took no account of others and felt entitled to everything. This attitude appeared first in his manners. People say that he raised fighting cocks; he enjoyed leading the life of a spoiled youth. In relations with others, this meant an attitude of deliberate arrogance. It was said he was so sure of himself that he would have criticized even the twelve gods. What's more, he could, out of pure insolence, ridicule the very rules of the city. The chapter then looks at the area most scandalous of all, relating not to Alcibiades' wealth, but to his beauty: his love life. It is not surprising that his good looks would lead to scandal: he was involved with both men and women. It was said that even here he always wanted to win. Ultimately, all the insolence and scandalous behavior was diverting and amusing. However, from the moment Alcibiades entered politics, they acquired some weight and played a role—one that historians have not failed to reflect on, beginning with Thucydides.","PeriodicalId":232452,"journal":{"name":"The Life of Alcibiades","volume":"143 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116433473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"With the Athenians on Samos","authors":"Jacqueline de Romilly","doi":"10.7591/cornell/9781501719752.003.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501719752.003.0008","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter focuses on the Athenians on Samos. Samos had first embarked on oligarchy. There were attacks. Hyperbolus, the democrat whom Alcibiades had struck with ostracism, was assassinated. Androcles in Athens, Hyperbolus in Samos: Alcibiades' enemies fell, as though at random. But this disorder brought consequences. The generals, who were inclined to oppose oligarchy, were warned, as were those men known to be most opposed to the movement. These individuals in turn worked with the soldiers. On the appointed day, when the partisans of the oligarchy were going to attack on a larger scale, they ran into an organized resistance and were beaten. The two sides made peace—under the democracy. Henceforth there were two Athens: the government in Athens, oligarchic, and that in Samos, democratic. Samos, or rather the Athenians on Samos, considered themselves independent. There can be very few examples of a rupture affecting such a small city and installing two enemy factions so far apart. This rupture was conceived by Alcibiades and it would change the course of his life.","PeriodicalId":232452,"journal":{"name":"The Life of Alcibiades","volume":"217 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130386702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"3. Political Debut: The Argive Alliance","authors":"","doi":"10.7591/9781501739965-006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501739965-006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":232452,"journal":{"name":"The Life of Alcibiades","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123001384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Scandals","authors":"Jacqueline de Romilly","doi":"10.7591/cornell/9781501719752.003.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501719752.003.0005","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter looks at two grave matters which erupted in Athens between when the Sicilian expedition had been approved and the day of departure. On a beautiful morning, it was discovered that all the herms in the city had been mutilated. These herms were simplified statues of the god Hermes. They appealed to the god for protection; they had religious significance. The fact that such a blow had struck all the herms implied intention. An air of panic swept through the city; something sinister was believed to be threatening Athenian democracy. Clearly, one of their fears was that people would band together to bring about a less democratic regime, one that was openly oligarchic. If there was someone considering tyranny, who was a more likely object of suspicion than Alcibiades? His enemies would immediately exploit these very natural fears and accusations about him spread. Meanwhile, a slave named Andromachus was presented by his master and swore that he had been present, in a private house, for a parody of the sacred mysteries, in which Alcibiades, among others, had also participated. Soon, there were numerous allegations that this double sacrilege was a prelude to overthrowing the democracy. From that time on, things began to go badly for Alcibiades.","PeriodicalId":232452,"journal":{"name":"The Life of Alcibiades","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114233862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Index","authors":"","doi":"10.7591/9781501739965-017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501739965-017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":232452,"journal":{"name":"The Life of Alcibiades","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127417657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chronology","authors":"","doi":"10.1515/9781501739965-003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501739965-003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":232452,"journal":{"name":"The Life of Alcibiades","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124729183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Political Debut","authors":"Jacqueline de Romilly","doi":"10.7591/cornell/9781501719752.003.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501719752.003.0003","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter details Alcibiades' entry into politics. The first mention of Alcibiades in Thucydides' work refers to the year 420 BCE. Thucydides' introduction lacks the personal charm found in Plato, but it goes straight to the heart of the man's character. The juxtaposition of contrasting motives—the future of Athens versus the promotion of self-interest—is found throughout the work of Thucydides whenever Alcibiades is involved: in the Sicilian expedition and later during the action in Asia Minor. Once the subject of politics was brought up, all the flaws and insults were erased as compared with the ambition that would lead Alcibiades to the pinnacle of success and the depths of disaster. Alcibiades intended to become general, and without delay. In fact, he was elected in the same year, 420 BCE. The chapter also describes the Peloponnesian War, which provided Alcibiades an opportunity to make his name and he did not let the opportunity escape him. However, the war was more than an occasion of brilliant conduct for a young man like Alcibiades; it led him to make some critical decisions about the conduct of his affairs. The chapter then considers the Argive alliance.","PeriodicalId":232452,"journal":{"name":"The Life of Alcibiades","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125656999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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