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Coles Alkibiades (Annotated): Enriched Edition. The Legendary Strategist, the Warrior, the Philosopher, the Traitor, the Survivor at Village Green Shopping Centre in Vernon, BC
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Alkibiades is a Victorian classical drama that revisits the dazzling and ruinous career of the Athenian statesman Alcibiades, setting personal brilliance against civic instability during the Peloponnesian War. Written in an elevated, rhetorically controlled style indebted to Greek tragedy and nineteenth-century verse drama, the work explores ambition, charisma, political betrayal, and the frailty of democratic judgment. Its classical subject places it within a broader Victorian fascination with Athens as both cultural ideal and moral warning. Charles Hamilton Bromby, an English-born Anglican clergyman and educator, brought to the work the habits of a scholar steeped in classical learning and public moral reflection. As a churchman associated with colonial and educational life, Bromby was especially attuned to questions of leadership, discipline, eloquence, and ethical responsibility. Alcibiades, at once gifted and unstable, offered him a compelling figure through whom to examine the dangers of talent severed from principle. This book is recommended to readers interested in Victorian engagements with antiquity, classical reception, and moral-political drama. It will especially reward those who appreciate historically grounded literature that uses the ancient world to interrogate enduring problems of power, persuasion, and character. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance. - Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Alkibiades is a Victorian classical drama that revisits the dazzling and ruinous career of the Athenian statesman Alcibiades, setting personal brilliance against civic instability during the Peloponnesian War. Written in an elevated, rhetorically controlled style indebted to Greek tragedy and nineteenth-century verse drama, the work explores ambition, charisma, political betrayal, and the frailty of democratic judgment. Its classical subject places it within a broader Victorian fascination with Athens as both cultural ideal and moral warning. Charles Hamilton Bromby, an English-born Anglican clergyman and educator, brought to the work the habits of a scholar steeped in classical learning and public moral reflection. As a churchman associated with colonial and educational life, Bromby was especially attuned to questions of leadership, discipline, eloquence, and ethical responsibility. Alcibiades, at once gifted and unstable, offered him a compelling figure through whom to examine the dangers of talent severed from principle. This book is recommended to readers interested in Victorian engagements with antiquity, classical reception, and moral-political drama. It will especially reward those who appreciate historically grounded literature that uses the ancient world to interrogate enduring problems of power, persuasion, and character. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance. - Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
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