Alcibiades and his Countrymen (litho)

Alcibiades and his Countrymen. While Alcibiades was in exile at the court of Tissaphernes he sent to his countrymen saying that he would bring about an alliance between the Persians and the Athenians, on condition that oligarchical government was established in Athens. The Athenians sent ten colleagues to treat with the exile, who, aware that he had promised more than he could fulfil, received them in the presence of the Persian satrap, and made such extravagant demands in his name that the conference broke up in anger. Illustration for Hutchinson's History of the Nations (Hutchinson, c.1920). Note: Image has been digitally enhanced to facilitate repro.