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Notes:

The literature from antiquity that deals with Alcibiades is huge, and this is just a sampling. Opinions concerning his character and behavior are very mixed. Lysias and Isocrates held diametrically opposite views regarding Alcibiades. Whereas Lysias harshly condemns him, Isocrates practically canonizes him in a speech that he wrote for Alcibiades’ son.