by Jacqueline de Romilly · Editions de Fallois · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782877062466
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«Alcibiade» is the biographical essay by Jacqueline de Romilly, published by Editions de Fallois in 1995, in paperback (282 pages, in French).
The work reconstructs the life of Alcibiades, an Athenian nobleman of the 5th century BC who was a ward of Pericles and a friend of Socrates. De Romilly narrates how his ambition and scandals led him from political leadership in Athens to exile, to a death sentence, and to collaborating with the enemies of his city, such as Sparta and the Persian satraps. The account draws on ancient sources and connects these events with the crisis of Athenian democracy and the decline of Athens.
The full title sometimes appears as «Alcibiade, ou, Les dangers de l'ambition». Includes bibliographical references (pp. 263-275) and indexes.
Recommended for readers interested in the history of classical Greece, Athenian democracy, and biographies of complex figures, with a documented yet narrative approach.
Jacqueline Worms de Romilly was a French philologist, classical scholar and fiction writer. She was the first woman nominated to the Collège de France, and in 1988, the second woman to enter the Académie française.
