Alcibiades
/ˌælsəˈbaɪədiz/ name
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Proper Noun
- 1 A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs), notably borne by Alcibiades (450–404 B.C.), a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general.
"Alcibiades was a happy union of coxcomb and conqueror; but there was in him a want of that repose, and of that superb self-reliance, which characterises the Roman."
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More examples"In the course of the fifth century ten politicians were ostracised, the first being Cleisthenes himself, and the last (417 B.C.) Hyperbolus, who was made a scape-goat for Alcibiades and Nicias, the two rival leaders of the day."
Etymology
From Latin Alcibiadēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs).