Alcibiades

Alcibiades, son of Cleinias, from the deme of Scambonidae (; Greek: , transliterated Alkibiádes Kleiníou Skambonides; c. 450 – 404 BC), was a prominent Athenian , orator, and general. He was the last famous member of his mother's aristocratic family, the Alcmaeonidae, which fell from prominence after the Peloponnesian War. He played a major role in the second half of that conflict as a strategic advisor, military commander, and politician.