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Alcibiades
(Al¦ci|bi¦ades)
Pronunciation:
/ˌalsɪˈbʌɪədiːz/
(
circa
450–404
bc
)
, Athenian general and statesman. He led the unsuccessful Athenian expeditions against Sparta and Sicily during the Peloponnesian War but fled to Sparta after being charged with sacrilege.
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