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This 5 page report discusses the Greek general and betrayer, Alcibiades’ (circa 450-404 BC) role in the Peloponnesian War. Alcibiades took full advantage of anybody’s weaknesses and created numerous situations in which Athens was at a disadvantage due to his manipulations. He can best be described as both
“ill-fated” and “opportunistic.” His duplicitousness most certainly had a significant impact on the outcomes of the war. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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same references describe him as a contributing factor if not the contributing factor in the defeat of Athens in the Peloponnesian War. Alcibiades was raised by his uncle, the powerful
Greek statesman Pericles. It was under Pericles that Athens became a great center of literature and art, as well as the supreme city-state of the time. Many came to
hate and fear the Athenians, especially Sparta, Athens longtime bitter rival. Athens was the object of envy and hatred, in general, by the many other city-states that had been too
intimidated or without the resources to openly oppose it. However, a coalition between the cities of the Peloponnesus had existed for nearly a century and was under the domination
of Sparta. Eventually, it was the Peloponnesian League that began to proactively oppose Athens and its policies. The catalyst to the war was brought about by Athens aid to
Corcyra during a dispute between Corcyra and Corinth, an ally of Sparta. The cities feared the imperialistic schemes of Pericles and sought to overthrow Athenian domination and in 431 BC
the Peloponnesian War began and lasted until 404 BC. Alcibiades and the Outcome of the War Alcibiades became an extremely wealthy man through his marriage. He spent that
money gaining the favor of the general public. He had only one true political rival, Nicias, who had secured a treaty of peace for 50 years between the Athenians
and the Spartans. However, Nicias was not particularly charismatic and ultimately showed himself to also be a poor military commander. Alcibiades took full advantage of anybodys weaknesses. "He
was also politically amoral. He was not really a hawk; rather, he chose the war party because it fit his temperament and because he wanted to be a leader and
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