Alkibiades (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The Legendary Strategist, the Warrior, the Philosopher, the Traitor, the SurvivorBy Charles Hamilton Bromby
Length10h 16m
About this audiobook
Alkibiades is a Victorian classical drama that revisits the dazzling and ruinous career of the Athenian statesman Alcibiades, setting personal brilliance against civic instability during the Peloponnesian War. Written in an elevated, rhetorically controlled style indebted to Greek tragedy and nineteenth-century verse drama, the work explores ambition, charisma, political betrayal, and the frailty of democratic judgment. Its classical subject places it within a broader Victorian fascination with Athens as both cultural ideal and moral warning. Charles Hamilton Bromby, an English-born Anglican clergyman and educator, brought to the work the habits of a scholar steeped in classical learning and public moral reflection. As a churchman associated with colonial and educational life, Bromby was especially attuned to questions of leadership, discipline, eloquence, and ethical responsibility. Alcibiades, at once gifted and unstable, offered him a compelling figure through whom to examine the dangers of talent severed from principle. This book is recommended to readers interested in Victorian engagements with antiquity, classical reception, and moral-political drama. It will especially reward those who appreciate historically grounded literature that uses the ancient world to interrogate enduring problems of power, persuasion, and character.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, General Fiction
Length10 hrs 16 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 16, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Alkibiades (Annotated)
19Chapter XVI
2Book I
20Chapter XVII
3Chapter I
21Chapter XVIII
4Chapter II
22Chapter XIX
5Chapter III
23Chapter XX
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6Chapter IV
24Book III
7Chapter V
25Chapter XXI
8Chapter VI
26Chapter XXII
9Chapter VII
27Chapter XXIII
10Chapter VIII
28Chapter XXIV
11Chapter IX
29Chapter XXV
12Book II
30Chapter XXVI
13Chapter X
31Chapter XXVII
14Chapter XI
32Chapter XXVIII
15Chapter XII
33Chapter XXIX
16Chapter XIII
34Chapter XXX
17Chapter XIV
35Chapter XXXI
18Chapter XV
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