Alcibiades, Hero or Zero Alcibiades was an Athenian aristocrat living between 450 and 404 B.C. And the last member of the famous Athenian family, the Alcmaeonidae. The fact that he was born in a privileged environment provided him with the opportunity to be properly educated and to develop a sense of grace that influenced most people he interacted with to appreciate his personality. He was a very ambitious man, but his interest in emphasizing his superiority in front of his adversaries meant that he gathered a lot of enemies throughout his lifetime. He expressed appreciation toward politics at an early age and got actively involved in a series of political dealings, this persuading numerous notable individuals living contemporary to him to turn their interest toward his personae. Even with the fact that he was a controversial character...

While he managed to trick Spartans in a series of occasions, the fact that Alcibiades did so in order to provide Athenians with the chance to understand that they could play an important role in restructuring their society makes him less condemnable. His plans to lead the Sicilian expedition, for example, are intriguing and are likely to have ended in success if he were to lead the expedition. Even with this, the fact that he met…