The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-27
TODAY IN HISTORY
SUNDAY. NoVEM8ER 27. 1910,
Birthday Of AIcjbIades.

IL may easily be seid OF Alcibiades,
the date OF whose birth tradition sets
few Atbenians arc better known by
name TO the modern reader, although
neither his character or his achieve
meDts have n much worthlcr interest
than that Of curiosity. Endowed as AL
cIbades was with almost every charm Of
mind and person, he nevertheless. lacked
that element of moral carncsiness With
out which no enduring benefits 10 the in.
diNtdUal or tho state seem possible OF
realization.
The father OF AIcibiades died when he
was only three years old. leaving the boy
Immense wealth Thus bereft Of parental
control In his infancy, and possessing
he grew up great personal beauty, and
a large fortune. hc became The object OF
universal tattery and was not in II po
sition To acquire tho virtue Of Selfre-
stratnt. Spoiled hy those who courted
and ceressed him he was self wiued. Ca
PRECIOUS and his vanity became notorious.
throughout Athens.
However. AIcibiades. with all his vices,
was man Of commanding intellect.
courageous, generous and capabic OF
heroic self sacrifice. His namc has been
for time he was fsvorite pupil, the
old philosopher apprecia'lnG his brilliant
mind Alciblsdes on the other hand
greatly admired the intellect and charac
ter OF hle master. and each OF these two
diversey constituted men saved the life
OF the other In battle.
Al the battle OF Potidea, when Alci-
blades was but is years Of ago. So
crates rescued the young man after ne
had heen wounded, and eight years later.
al the battle Of Deiium Alclhiades pro-
tected hia former deiverer. On many oc-
castons In after years. when the philoso-
pher was accused Alcibiades defended
him. In energy and ambition Alcibiades
was unoxcelled by any man Of his time
penetrating. while his personal qualities
endearcd him do the moss Of the peo-
pie.
deV was appointed general when no
had lust passed The age OF 20, and he
determined to ne not only the first man
in Athens, but the greatest in all Greece.
He fixed upon the conquest OF Sicily as
scheme for the realization OF his am
bition and was appointed one OF the
three generals to lead the expedition,
But Just before the armaments set SAIL
crime was commitRd in Athens by
the enemies OF Alcibiaaes. II is believed.
which was charged 10 him. This was
the mutiIalion Of all the busts of Hermes
In Athens In the course Of ono night,
This incident changed the whole COM
plexon OF the future OF Alcibiades. and
of the Athcnian state. AS soon as he
reached Sicily he was recalled 10 stand
trial for the crime of which he prob
ably was wholly innocent. He escaped
and made his way to Spnrta, and CON
spired against Athens. Pursued by the
Vaccinations OF his enemies To Sparta.
he look refuge with Tissaphereres. Per-
sian
Seized at last with longing to return
to his native city be WIS able to effect
reconciliation. and, having been ap-
pointed a general, he achieved so many
brilliant successes that when he re-
turned TO Athens he was welcomed with
every demonstration OF Joy. After an
unsuccessful campaign he was dismissed
from his command and when the Spartan
supremacy was established through3uI
Greece he took refuge IN Phrygia. He
was killed while defending himself against
mob that had attacked his house.
November 81 Caesar crossed the Rubi-
con r. C. so: Edwin Forrest made his
first appearance on the Stage in 1920. and
the battle of Amens was fought in 1870.
Today is the birthday Of Madame de