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Alcibiades (ca. 450?-404 B.C.)

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1
What factors aided Alcibiades in gaining power, prestige and success? Was his rise to power due more to his individual achievements or to his privileged status and the benefits that accrued to him as a result of that status?
2
How did Alcibiades embody the tension between ambition and pride in Greek society? What was the outcome of that tension in his case?





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