Alcibiades is a sort of mythical characters and I wanted to learn something more about him.
This is a good analysis of the founts and I was fascinated by the explanations and what I read.
I learned something new about this man but I think that you must have some basis of Ancient Greek history in order to appreciate it.
Recommended.

NetGalley, Anna Maria Giacomasso

Four stars for me personally. For fans of the specific era and/or Alcibiades himself, I cannot imagine a more in-depth biography, five stars. There are also numerous black & white photos with captions which I found engaging and instructive.

NetGalley, Annie Buchanan

Recommended without hesitation to anyone interested in the phenomenon Alcibiades. Erudite and easy to read and the author doesn't deceive his readers by pretending to know for sure something that is contested.

Folia Philologica

Rhodes is a major historian of ancient Greece and has produced many important books on classical Athens. A book worth reading by those interested in a detailed account of Alcibiades and Athenian history.

Classical World

Charismatic and ambitious, Alcibiades was a key mover during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta in the fifth century BC – though it was not always clear which side he was on. A wealthy Athenian aristocrat and an influential general, he was flamboyant, unreliable and gifted. Despite the abundance of detail available about him from sources of the time – notably Thucydides and Plate – he remains enigmatic. Twice P.J. Rhodes quotes the telling comment of the early biographer Cornelius Nepos, that “Alcibiades b some inborn quality gained the credit for everything.” Modern scholars have variously set out to argue that Alcibiades was either inspired or opportunistic, and more than one has noted that the earliest sources give credence to both his supporters and his detractors. This is the first dedicated biography for some years and Rhode's mastery of recent scholarship on everything from Thucydides to “the sexuality of Athenian demoncracy” is evident. But though he aims at a wide readership, some previous knowledge of the subject is essential for readers here. The summary of the political background is a masterpiece of compression but dense nonetheless, which the later detail will be confusing for the general reader but invaluable to students trying to disentangle the story of the Peloponnesian War or to weigh up the relative value of conflicting sources.
The book is measured throughout. When he tells of Alcibiades' death in a Phrygian village, Rhodes sustains the drama while weighing up the evidence. Alcibiades was murdered as he fled a burning house where he might have been staying with a famous courtesan, by Persian agents at the behest (perhaps) both Athens and Sparta. But the remark that the later history of Alcibiades' family was an anti-climax, “known only from gravestones”, is an unexpected close to a story of such panache.

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