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Alcibiades: The Traitor Who Saved Athens
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the wild career of Alcibiades, the most controversial figure of the Peloponnesian War. From his youth as Pericles' ward and pupil of Socrates, to his role in convincing Athens to launch the disastrous Sicilian Expedition, Alcibiades defected to Sparta, then to Persia, and finally returned to Athens as a general. They discuss the mutilation of the Hermae, his military brilliance at Cyzicus, and how his shifting loyalties changed the course of the war. Learn about the battle of Notium, the oligarchic coup of the Four Hundred, and the tragic irony of…
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