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|name = Alkibiades
|image = ACOD Alkibiades render.png
|birth = c. 450 BCE<br />[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|death = c. 404 BCE (aged c. 46) <br />Mount Elafos, {{wiki|Phrygia}}, [[Achaemenid Empire]]
|species = [[Human]]
|affiliates = [[Athens]] {{c|[[Delian League]]}}<br />[[Periklean Circle]]
|voice = [[Tyrone Savage]]}}
'''Alkibiades''' (c. 450 BCE – c. 404 BCE) was an [[Athens|Athenian]] statesman, orator, and general.

A friend of [[Sokrates]] and a relative of [[Perikles]], he made the acquaintance of the ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] during the [[Peloponnesian War]].

==Biography==
===Befriending Kassandra===
Around 431 BCE, Alkibiades was present in a gathering hosted by Perikles. As he arrived, he prepared to indulge freely. Kassandra needed information from him, and in turn he asked her to bring him and his companions oil for their activities and asked her to join in. After Kassandra  fulfilled his request, Alkibiades  learned she was seeking a [[Myrrine|woman]] who had fled [[Sparta]] a long time ago, and suggested she seek out [[Anthousa]] in [[Korinthia]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Oil and Love]]</ref>

===Olympic Games===
A few years later, Alkibiades met Kassandra again at the docks of [[Kyllene]] in [[Elis]] while she was transporting the Spartan [[Pankration|pankratist]] [[Testikles]] to the [[Olympic Games]] in [[Sanctuary of Olympia]] at the request of the Spartan king [[Pausanias of Sparta|Pausanias]]. Unfortunately, a drunk Tesktikles attempted to hug Kassandra, only for her dart out of the way as he tripped over a basket of fruit and fell into the water, where he was slain by [[Great white shark|sharks]]. Following Testikles' demise, Alkibiades volunteered Kassandra to take his place.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Contender]]</ref>

After Kassandra won the first sparring matches against [[Orion (Olympian)|Orion]] and [[Erastos (Olympian)|Erastos]], Alkibiades began to feel ill while complimenting her. [[Barnabas]] and Kassandra suspected he'd been [[poison]]ed, especially after learning he'd been celebrating with the Olympic judges [[Demophanes]] and [[Kallias]]. Luckily for Alkibiades, he didn't consume enough poison for it to kill him immediately like the other party guests and Kassandra was able to recover the antidote at [[Fort Koroibos]], saving his life.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Long Game]]</ref>

==Personality and characteristics==
As a young man, Alkibiades harbored not only a somewhat flamboyant attitude but also a rather insatiable libido, frequently engaging in threesomes and even foursomes with men and women together. He was not against morally questionable, if not illegal, means for his own personal gain, and he had Kassandra perform many such illicit tasks for him as well. He got rid of [[Diodoros (Greek)|Diodoros]] whom he owed money, attempted to poison a rival politician, and instructed Kassandra to steal an ''olisbos'' from a woman whose husband controlled trade routes—all without any qualms. Nonetheless, he did help a woman escape from her supposedly abusive husband "out of the goodness of [his] own heart".<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>
==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" widths="180" captionalign="center">
ACOd-artbook-alkibiades.jpg|Concept art of Alkibiades
ACOD Alkibiades.png|Close-up of Alkibiades
ACOD Alkibiades.jpg|Models of Alkibiades
ACOd-DeliverChamp-Alkibiadespier.jpg|Alkibiades at a pier in Kyllene
ACOd-Alkibiadesaudience.jpg|Alkibiades in the audience for the pankration matches
Olympia-AlkibiadesBarnabasAltar.jpg|Ill Alkibiades outside the [[Altar of Zeus]]
ACOd-LongGame-BarnabasAlkibiadeswait.jpg|Alkibiades awaiting Kassandra's return with the antidote
</gallery>

==Behind the scenes==
Alkibiades is a historical figure who features in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' as a supporting character. When asked who he would choose to romance with in the game during a comedic Q&A video, [[Alexios]]' actor [[Michael Antonakos]] answered Alkibiades.<ref>{{Youtube|FY-0Ot7rVq0|Assassin's Creed Odyssey Actors Answer Your BURNING QUESTIONS In Character|UCzF5oxzeidHOZzy4KK5nxCQ|JorRaptor}}</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''

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