The Birds · Character
Alcibiades
Athenian statesman, referenced as a contemporary figure.
minor
First appearance: the birds
Alcibiades shows up with force in Endnotes. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned in endnotes regarding his boxing of an orator's ears and his recall from Sicily.
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Character groups
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- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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