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1 day ago · Pericles (/ ˈ p ɛr ɪ k l iː z /, Greek: Περικλῆς; c. 495 – 429 BC) was a Greek politician and general during the Golden Age of Athens.
Jun 28, 2024 · Pericles was an Athenian statesman largely responsible for the full development, in the later 5th century bce, of both the Athenian democracy and the Athenian empire, making Athens the political and cultural focus of Greece. His achievements included the construction of the Acropolis, begun in 447.
Nov 21, 2023 · The 'Age of Pericles' was eponymously named for Pericles, an ancient Greek orator, statesman, and general who oversaw the expansion of Athens to its greatest power and cultural affluence.
Jun 28, 2024 · Pericles - Athenian Statesman, Restoring Preeminence: Hostilities among the Greek states had also come to an end in the Five Years’ Truce of 451. Pericles now embarked on a policy designed to secure Athens’s cultural and political leadership in Greece.
Aug 17, 2023 · Image courtesy Jastrow. Yvonne Korshak - Pericles was a general, a statesman, an orator, and the visionary of democracy in Athens during its Golden Age—a period of incredible creativity in arts, politics, philosophy, and literature. Aspasia was a “hetaira,” a courtesan, and a woman of great intelligence and influence.
Jun 28, 2024 · Pericles - Athenian Statesman, War, Politics: There had been a serious possibility that Sparta and its allies might intervene on this occasion, but they did not, and the Thirty Years’ Peace was upheld until the end of the 430s.
Sep 15, 2023 · The father of democracy, the initiator of the Golden Age of Athens.Pericles was an astounding general and democratic leader, and his thoughts and beliefs are...
Feb 14, 2024 · Pericles (Greek: Περικλῆς; ca. 495 BC – 429 BC) was an influential and important leader of Athens during the Athenian Golden Age (specifically, between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars), from the Alcmaeonidae family.
6 days ago · Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a Jacobean play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. It was published in 1609 as a quarto, was not included in Shakespeare's collections of works until the third folio ...
Nov 22, 2023 · Pericles’ funeral oration is often compared to the Gettysburg address, where in 1863 former US president Abraham Lincoln reflected on the greatness of a nation that owed much to the sacrifices of dead men. Despite the words of Pericles, Athens would suffer greatly in the coming years.
