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Alcibiades: The Most Controversial Athenian of the Peloponnesian War
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the life and career of Alcibiades, the brilliant and scandalous Athenian general whose shifting loyalties during the Peloponnesian War made him a figure of both admiration and contempt. They discuss his aristocratic upbringing under Pericles, his role in the Sicilian Expedition, his defection to Sparta, his advice to the Spartans that turned the tide against Athens, and his later return and exile. The conversation covers the mutilation of the Herms, the profanation of the Eleusinian Mysteries, and the political maneuvering that defined his life…
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