450–404 bc, Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War: brilliant, courageous, and unstable, he defected to the Spartans in 415, but returned and led the Athenian victories at Abydos (411) and Cyzicus (410)
Derived forms
Alcibiadean (ˌAlciˌbiaˈdean)
adjective
Alcibiades in American English
(ˌælsəˈbaɪəˌdiz)
450-404 b.c.; Athenian politician & general in the Peloponnesian War