Life of Alcibiades

Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings is a freelance translator of texts in French, working since 1992. She has degrees from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the University of Iowa. Since 1995, she has translated independently, or with others, a number of books and articles, primarily in the field of Greek and Roman literature and history.Jacqueline de Romilly (1913-2010) was a distinguished scholar of Greek history and culture. In 1973, she became Chair of Greek at the College de France, the first woman nominated to this prestigious institution. In 1988, she was elected to the Académie Française as the second woman member, after Marguerite Yourcenar. Romilly was an A.D. White Professor at large at Cornell from 1974 to 1980.

• Translator's PrefaceAuthor's PrefaceChronology1. Richly Endowed2. Insults and ScandalsFirst Interlude: Alcibiades between Two Lifestyles3. Political Debut: The Argive Alliance4. The Grand Design5. The Scandals6. Exile: Defending Treason7. In Asia Minor8. With the Athenians on SamosSecond Interlude: Alcibiades between Two Historians9. A Triumphal Return10. Slightly More Than One Hundred Days11. A Final Appearance12. RepercussionsConclusionIndex

With this translation, Rawlings makes available to Anglophones a biography of Alcibiades by esteemed Franco-Greek scholar Jacqueline de Romilly... The Life of Alcibiades is a remarkable adventure story of political intrigue, warfare, and betrayal carried out by an egomaniacal leader... The Life of Alcibiades offers warnings for contemporary readers about the dangers of blind ambition and unchecked power on the part of charismatic leaders.(Choice) While thoroughly rooted in serious scholarship – de Romilly gives us an excellent analysis of the sources – The Life of Alcibiades is written for the lay reader, yet her insights and analysis will prove of interest even for the well-versed student of the period.(The NYMAS Review)