{"product_id":"the-life-of-alcibiades-dangerous-ambition-and-the-betrayal-of-athens-hardback-9781501719752","title":"The Life of Alcibiades; Dangerous Ambition and the Betrayal of Athens (Hardback) 9781501719752","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life of Alcibiades\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDangerous Ambition and the Betrayal of Athens\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJacqueline de Romilly (Author), Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501719752\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 October 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e228 pages, 2 maps - 2 Maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this translation, Rawlings makes available to Anglophones a biography of Alcibiades by esteemed Franco-Greek scholar Jacqueline de Romilly... \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Alcibiades\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable adventure story of political intrigue, warfare, and betrayal carried out by an egomaniacal leader... \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Alcibiades\u003c\/i\u003e offers warnings for contemporary readers about the dangers of blind ambition and unchecked power on the part of charismatic leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice) \u003cp\u003eWhile thoroughly rooted in serious scholarship – de Romilly gives us an excellent analysis of the sources – \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Alcibiades\u003c\/i\u003e is written for the lay reader, yet her insights and analysis will prove of interest even for the well-versed student of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e (The NYMAS Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis biography of Alcibiades, the charismatic Athenian statesman and general (c. 450–404 BC) who achieved both renown and infamy during the Peloponnesian War, is both an extraordinary adventure story and a cautionary tale that reveals the dangers that political opportunism and demagoguery pose to democracy. \u003c\/b\u003eAs Jacqueline de Romilly brilliantly documents, Alcibiades's life is one of wanderings and vicissitudes, promises and disappointments, brilliant successes and ruinous defeats. Born into a wealthy and powerful family in Athens, Alcibiades was a student of Socrates and disciple of Pericles, and he seemed destined to dominate the political life of his city—and his tumultuous age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRomilly shows, however, that he was too ambitious. Haunted by financial and sexual intrigues and political plots, Alcibiades was exiled from Athens, sentenced to death, recalled to his homeland, only to be exiled again. He defected from Athens to Sparta and from Sparta to Persia and then from Persia back to Athens, buffeted by scandal after scandal, most of them of his own making. A gifted demagogue and, according to his contemporaries, more handsome than the hero Achilles, Alcibiades is also a strikingly modern figure, whose seductive celebrity and dangerous ambition anticipated current crises of leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslator's Preface\u003cbr\u003e Author's Preface\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e 1. Richly Endowed\u003cbr\u003e 2. Insults and Scandals\u003cbr\u003e First Interlude: Alcibiades between Two Lifestyles\u003cbr\u003e 3. Political Debut: The Argive Alliance\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Grand Design\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Scandals\u003cbr\u003e 6. Exile: Defending Treason\u003cbr\u003e 7. In Asia Minor\u003cbr\u003e 8. With the Athenians on Samos\u003cbr\u003e Second Interlude: Alcibiades between Two Historians\u003cbr\u003e 9. A Triumphal Return\u003cbr\u003e 10. Slightly More Than One Hundred Days\u003cbr\u003e 11. A Final Appearance\u003cbr\u003e 12. Repercussions\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670774903064,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-of-alcibiades-dangerous-ambition-and-the-betrayal-of-athens-hardback-9781501719752","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}