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noun - Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece
PERICLES - Pericles (; Greek: Perikls, pro noun ced [pe.ri.kls] in Classical Attic; c. 495 429 BC) was a prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and g...
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| Marina is captured by pirates & sold to a brothel in the play named for this Prince of Tyre |
| Thucydides said the "golden age of" this leader was democracy in theory, but the rule of its first citizen in practice |
| This title prince of Tyre taunts King Antiochus: "Great king, few love to hear the sins they love to act" |
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| Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athen's political and cultural supremacy in Greece he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC) |
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Pericles (; Greek: Perikls, pronounced [pe.ri.kls] in Classical Attic; c. 495 429 BC) was a prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during the Golden Age specifically the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. He was descended, through his mother, from the powerful and historically influential Alcmaeonid family. * Pericles had such a profound influence on Athenian society that Thucydides, a contemporary historian, acclaimed him as "the first citizen of Athens". Pericles turned the Delian League into an Athenian empire, and led his countrymen during the first two years of the Peloponnesian War. The period during which he led Athens, roughly from 461 to 429 BC, is sometimes known as the "Age of Pericles", though the period thus denoted can include times as early as the Persian Wars, or as late as the next century. Pericles promoted the arts and literature; it is principally through his efforts that Athens holds the reputation of being the educat |