What is Alcibiades?
{{Infobox military person |name= Alcibiades <br /> Ἀλκιβιάδης &nbsp; ''Alkibiádēs'' |image= Bust Alcibiades Musei Capitolini MC1160.jpg |caption=So-called “Alcibiades”, ideal male portrait |allegiance= [[Athens]]<br />(415–412 BC [[Sparta]]) <br />(412–411 BC [[Persia]]) |rank= [[General officer|General]] (Strategos) |commands= |nickname= |birth_date= ''c.'' 450 BC |death_date= 404 BC |birth_place= [[Athens]], [[Greece]] |death_place= [[Phrygia]]|laterwork=|battles= [[Battle of Abydos]] (410 BC)<br />[[Battle of Cyzicus]] (410 BC)<br />Siege of [[Byzantium]] (408 BC) }} '''Alcibiades''', son of Clinias,<ref>{{lang-el|Ἀλκιβιάδης Κλεινίου Σκαμβωνίδης}}</ref> ''c.'' 450–404 BC), was a prominent [[Athens|Athenian]] [[statesman]], [[orator]], and [[General officer|general]]. He was the last famous member of his mother's aristocratic family, which fell from power after the [[Peloponnesian War]]. He played a major role later in that conflict as a strategic advisor, military commander, and politician. During the course of the Peloponnesian War, Alcibiades changed sides on several occasions. In his native Athens in the early 410s BC, he advocated an aggressive foreign policy, and spoke in favor of an [[invasion]] of [[Sicily]]. He fled to [[Sparta]] after his political enemies brought charges of [[sacrilege]] against him. In Sparta, he served as a strategic adviser, proposing or supervising several major campaigns against Athens. In Sparta too, however, Alcibiades soon made powerful enemies and was forced to defect to [[Achaemenid Empire|Persia]]. There he served as an adviser to the [[satrap]] [[Tissaphernes]] until his Athenian political allies brought about his recall. He then served as an Athenian general for several years, but his enemies eventually succeeded in exiling him a second time.<ref name=Kagan>Kagan, Donald 2003. ''The Peloponnesian War''. Penguin, London. {{ISBN|0-670-03211-5}}.</ref> The [[Sicilian Expedition]] to [[Magna Graecia]] was Alcibiades' idea but his enemies prevented him from commanding. H