 Alcibiades stands corrected, and Socrates continues with the main question of whether he, Alcibiades, would ever wish something harmful.As an example, Socrates affirms that he is certain, that had the god granted Alcibiades the rule of Greece, he would have accepted.With his question Socrates could also be playing on Alcibiades' ambitious nature, that was known throughout Greece and was immortalised in Thucydide's history.