person
Alcibiades
Brilliant and dissolute Athenian statesman and general (c. 450-404 BC), an associate of Socrates; his name was used by detractors to insinuate scandal against Socrates and Plato.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §1.8.2 Alcibiades
The brilliant and wealthy Athenian aristocrat and pupil of Socrates; his lavish gifts are outdone by the penniless Aeschines's gift of himself.