The Bridport Literary Festival 2018

Alcibiades was one of the most the most remarkable Athenians in the age of the Peloponnesian War. His life was one that has captivated contemporaries and fascinated later generations. Enviably well connected, strikingly handsome, immensely rich, intensely charismatic, unashamedly louche and, like Achilles, motivated by the ambition to be best and surpass all others, inevitably, Alcibiades attracted passionate admirers as well as bitter enemies. David Stuttard, academic and theatre producer, gives a thrilling illustrated talk about a life that has gripped historians, artists and story-tellers for more than 2,000 years.