When Alcibiades was told that his
countrymen had passed sentence of
doath upon him for being at tho head of
a conspiracy to overthrow tho religious
nud political constitution of Athens, ho
said, "I will show thorn I still ivo."
Ho obtained from Sparta nssuranco of
porsonal safety and went hither. Ho
and charmed tho Spartans, as ho
had tho Athenians in his carlior yoars
Ho adopted thoir customs and dross and
was tho strictest Spartan of thorn all.
Ho woro his hair short, bathod in tho
icy waters of tho Eurotes and ato their
blnok broth and barley bread, They
that ho had been misrepresented.
In truth, as Plutarch said, "bo ohanged
color moro quickly than a ohamoloon."
In Sparta ho was gravo, tomporato and
fond of physical exerciso; in Ionia ho
was easy going, luxurious nnd merry,
in Thrace ho was drunken, in Thossaly
ho was dovoted to horsemanship, and in
tho court of tho Persian satraps hb surpassed
Tissaphernos himself in
As Sparta was to bo the prizo of
tho Athenian victory ho showed tho
peoplo thoir danger, advising them to
begin activo operations ngainst that
city. No better ndvleo could havo boon
given them, and thoy profited by it
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