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Alcibiades.
consumption were from Lesbos . When he returned from Olympia to Athens , lie consecrated two pictures , painted by Aglaophon . In the one , he was represented as crowned at the Olympian and Pythian games . In the other , he was drawn sitting upon the knees of N emea , and was exhibited as more beautiful even than a female . When at the head of his army , it was his ambition to appear beautiful . His shield was of i voiy and goldon whichas a crestwas Cupid embracing the
, , , thunder . He once went to an entertainment at the house of Anytus , an opulent man , by whom he was beloved , and took with him Thrasyllus , one of his intimate friends , but a person of mean fortune . After drinking to Thrasyllus he ordered the attendants to take half the plate on the side-board to the house of his friend , and then courteousl y taking leave of Anytus , he departed . Some , who were present ,
remarked , that Alcibiades was very insolent , and had surel y forgotten himself . Not so , indeed , replied Anytus , since having the power to take the whole , he has left me half . Lysias , the Rhetorician , speaking of his luxury , says thus : —Alcibiades and Axiochus went in a vessel , freighted at their common expence , to the Hellespont . Here they took as a wife betwixt them , Xynocippe , who being delivered of a daughter , neither of them would own himself the father . When the young woman grew up , they debauched her . Alcibiades , when she was in his company ,
called her the daughter of Axiochus . Axiochus , when he was with her ; called her the daughter of Alcibiades . When at Lacedasmori , he seduced Timtea , the wife of Agis ; being reproached for this , he replied , that he was induced to the action b y no motive of appetite or passion , but that the monarch of Sparta mig ht proceed from his loins , and that henceforth the Spartan kings should not take their name from Herculesbut from Alcibiades .
, When he commanded the army , he took with him two courtezans , namely , Timandra , the mother of Lais of Carinth , and Theodora . After he had been in exile , he made the Athenians masters of the Hellespont , 'and sent more than five thousand Peloponnesians captives to Athens . On his return to his country , he crowned the prows of the Athenian galleys with branches of olive , and with flowery
garlands . He burned more than two hundred of the enemy ' s vessels , and brought the remainder home , laden with spoils and with Lacedaemonian arms . His own vessel advancing to the very Pineus , carrying sails of purple , as soon as it entered the harbour , the sailors took to their oars , whilst Chrysogenes , in a tragic robe , beat time to their motion . At the same time , Callipides , the tragedian , en- ?
couraged them with his voice . On this occasion some one happily remarked , that Sparta could not bear two Lysanders , nor Athens two like Alcibiades . Alcibiades , like Pausariias , affected the manners of the Medes , and whilst at the court of Pharnabaztts , he wore the Persian dress , and learned the Persian language . 3 C z '
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Alcibiades.
consumption were from Lesbos . When he returned from Olympia to Athens , lie consecrated two pictures , painted by Aglaophon . In the one , he was represented as crowned at the Olympian and Pythian games . In the other , he was drawn sitting upon the knees of N emea , and was exhibited as more beautiful even than a female . When at the head of his army , it was his ambition to appear beautiful . His shield was of i voiy and goldon whichas a crestwas Cupid embracing the
, , , thunder . He once went to an entertainment at the house of Anytus , an opulent man , by whom he was beloved , and took with him Thrasyllus , one of his intimate friends , but a person of mean fortune . After drinking to Thrasyllus he ordered the attendants to take half the plate on the side-board to the house of his friend , and then courteousl y taking leave of Anytus , he departed . Some , who were present ,
remarked , that Alcibiades was very insolent , and had surel y forgotten himself . Not so , indeed , replied Anytus , since having the power to take the whole , he has left me half . Lysias , the Rhetorician , speaking of his luxury , says thus : —Alcibiades and Axiochus went in a vessel , freighted at their common expence , to the Hellespont . Here they took as a wife betwixt them , Xynocippe , who being delivered of a daughter , neither of them would own himself the father . When the young woman grew up , they debauched her . Alcibiades , when she was in his company ,
called her the daughter of Axiochus . Axiochus , when he was with her ; called her the daughter of Alcibiades . When at Lacedasmori , he seduced Timtea , the wife of Agis ; being reproached for this , he replied , that he was induced to the action b y no motive of appetite or passion , but that the monarch of Sparta mig ht proceed from his loins , and that henceforth the Spartan kings should not take their name from Herculesbut from Alcibiades .
, When he commanded the army , he took with him two courtezans , namely , Timandra , the mother of Lais of Carinth , and Theodora . After he had been in exile , he made the Athenians masters of the Hellespont , 'and sent more than five thousand Peloponnesians captives to Athens . On his return to his country , he crowned the prows of the Athenian galleys with branches of olive , and with flowery
garlands . He burned more than two hundred of the enemy ' s vessels , and brought the remainder home , laden with spoils and with Lacedaemonian arms . His own vessel advancing to the very Pineus , carrying sails of purple , as soon as it entered the harbour , the sailors took to their oars , whilst Chrysogenes , in a tragic robe , beat time to their motion . At the same time , Callipides , the tragedian , en- ?
couraged them with his voice . On this occasion some one happily remarked , that Sparta could not bear two Lysanders , nor Athens two like Alcibiades . Alcibiades , like Pausariias , affected the manners of the Medes , and whilst at the court of Pharnabaztts , he wore the Persian dress , and learned the Persian language . 3 C z '