As Alcibiades was a good-hearted youth, he felt deeply grateful to Socrates for saving his life, and ever after proudly claimed him as a friend. In spite of the philosopher’s advice, however, the young man continued to frequent the same society; and, as he was genial and open-handed with all, he daily grew more popular.
From: H. A. Guerber, The Story of the Greeks; edited for this online publication, by ELLOPOS BLOG
