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'Death of Alcibiades', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

'Death of Alcibiades', 1890. Alcibiades (c450-404 BC), Athenian statesman and general, shifted alliance during the Peloponnesian War. In 404 BC, exiled in Phrygia in the Achaemenid Empire his residence was set on fire and he was assassinated by Persian soldiers. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890].

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'Death of Alcibiades', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

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'Death of Alcibiades', 1890. Alcibiades (c450-404 BC), Athenian statesman and general, shifted alliance during the Peloponnesian War. In 404 BC, exiled in Phrygia in the Achaemenid Empire his residence was set on fire and he was assassinated by Persian soldiers. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Personalities:

ALCIBIADES

Technique/material:

engraving

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Album / The Print Collector/Heritage Images

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5685 x 3992 px | 64.9 MB

Print size:

48.1 x 33.8 cm | 18.9 x 13.3 in (300 dpi)

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