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Pericles

Also known as Perikl, Perikles, Perykles

Pericles (; ; –429 BC) was a Greek statesman and general during the Golden Age of Athens. He was prominent and influential in Ancient Athenian politics, particularly between the Greco-Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War, and was acclaimed by Thucydides, a contemporary historian, 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 as its preeminent orator and statesman, roughly from 461 to 429 BC, is sometimes known as the "Age of Pericles

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Pericles was an influential Greek statesman and general who led Athens during its most celebrated period, roughly from 461 to 429 BC, and transformed the Delian League into an Athenian empire while guiding the city through the early years of the Peloponnesian War. He is remembered as one of ancient Athens' most important leaders because of his prominence in politics and his role in shaping the city during what historians call the "Golden Age of Athens."

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Quotes

“Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.”
“Trees, though they are cut and lopped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again.”
“The whole Earth is the Sepulchre of famous men; and their story is not graven only on Stone over their native earth, but lives on far away, without visible symbol, woven into the stuff of other men's lives.”
“Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.”
“Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now. We do not need the praises of a Homer, or of anyone else whose words may delight us for the moment, but the estimation of facts will fall short of what is really true.”
“Although only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it.”

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Key facts

Military person.name: Pericles
Military person.image: Pericles Pio-Clementino Inv269 n2.jpg
Military person.caption: Bust of Pericles bearing the inscription "Pericles, son of Xanthippus, Athenian". Marble, Roman copy after a Greek original from , Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican Museums,
Military person.death_date: 429 BC (aged 66)
Military person.birth_place: Athens, Greece
Military person.death_place: Athens, Greece
Military person.allegiance: Athens
Military person.rank: Strategos
Military person.battles: First Peloponnesian War Battles of Sicyon and Acarnania Second Sacred War Samian War Peloponnesian War
Military person.children: Paralus and Xanthippus Pericles the Younger
Military person.relations: Xanthippus (father) Agariste (mother)

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Commons category: Pericles
date of death: 0429-01-01
date of birth: 0495-00-00
name in native language: Περικλῆς
pseudonym: Ολύμπιος

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Contents

Early years
Political career until 431 BC
Entering politics
Ostracising Cimon
Leading Athens
First Peloponnesian War
Final battle with the conservatives
Athens's rule over its alliance
Samian War
Personal attacks
Peloponnesian War
Prelude to the war
First year of the war (431 BC)
Last military operations and death
Personal life
Assessments
Political leadership
Military achievements
Oratorical skill
Pericles and the city gods
Legacy
See also
Notes
Citations
References
Primary sources (Greek and Roman)
Secondary sources
Further reading

Pericles promoted the arts and literature, and it was principally through his efforts that Athens acquired the reputation of being the educational and cultural centre of the ancient Greek world. He started an ambitious project that generated most of the surviving structures on the Acropolis, including the Parthenon. This project beautified and protected the city, exhibited its glory, and gave work to its people. Pericles also fostered Athenian democracy to such an extent that critics called him a populist. Pericles was descended, through his mother, from the powerful and historically influential Alcmaeonid family. He, along with several members of his family, succumbed to the Plague of Athens in 429 BC, which weakened the city-state during a protracted conflict with Sparta.