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Alcibiades

the Brilliant Traitor

Alcibiades was a Greek strategos active in the 5th c. BC during the Classical period based in Athens. Was assassinated.

Historical Note

Brilliant, handsome, treacherous — he switched sides between Athens, Sparta, and Persia. Eventually assassinated, probably on Spartan orders.

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