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references in classical literature
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[[Image:Pericles 2.jpg|left]]
'''Pericles''' (Greek: Περικλης)(495 to 429 B.C.) was an [[Athens|Athenian]] orator, general and statesman who ruled the Athenian [[Democracy]] during its ''golden age''.
'''Pericles''' (Greek: ''Περικλης'') (495 to 429 B.C.) was an [[Athens|Athenian]] orator, general and statesman who ruled the Athenian [[Democracy]] during its ''golden age''.
Coming to power in 461 B.C. after winning a power struggle against [[Cimon]], he saw Athens further sprout into an economic, [[philosophical]], and military power expanding its influence over most of [[Greece]]. The [[Parthenon]] was built by his request. After a truce with [[Sparta]] in 445 B.C. the peace from 445 B.C. to 431 B.C. was considered the golden age of Athens.
Coming to power in 461 B.C. after winning a power struggle against [[Cimon]], he saw Athens further sprout into an economic, [[philosophical]], and military power expanding its influence over most of [[Greece]]. The [[Parthenon]] was built by his request. After a truce with [[Sparta]] in 445 B.C. the peace from 445 B.C. to 431 B.C. was considered the golden age of Athens.
''All kinds of enterprises should be created which will provide an inspiration for every art, find employment for every hand... we must devote ourselves to acquiring things that will be the source of everlasting fame.''
''All kinds of enterprises should be created which will provide an inspiration for every art, find employment for every hand... we must devote ourselves to acquiring things that will be the source of everlasting fame.''
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Pericles became a [[role model]] for future generations of Europeans. [[Plutarch]] wrote a [[biography]] of Pericles in his ''[[Parallel Lives]]'', and [[Shakespeare]] fictionalized key events in his life in the play ''[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre]]''.
== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Greek Philosophy]]
*[[Greek Philosophy]]
*[[Age of Pericles]]
*[[Age of Pericles]]