Pericles | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-03

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00:01:45 1 Early years
00:04:16 2 Political career until 431 BC
00:04:28 2.1 Entering politics
00:05:50 2.2 Ostracizing Cimon
00:09:45 2.3 Leading Athens
00:10:15 2.3.1 First Peloponnesian War
00:16:32 2.3.2 Final battle with the conservatives
00:17:47 2.3.3 Athens' rule over its alliance
00:20:06 2.3.4 Samian War
00:22:11 2.3.5 Personal attacks
00:24:07 3 Peloponnesian War
00:24:53 3.1 Prelude to the war
00:28:05 3.2 First year of the war (431 BC)
00:31:37 3.3 Last military operations and death
00:35:02 4 Personal life
00:36:37 5 Assessments
00:37:03 5.1 Political leadership
00:39:55 5.2 Military achievements
00:44:02 5.3 Oratorical skill
00:48:10 5.4 Pericles and the city gods
00:50:23 5.5 Legacy
00:51:43 6 See also
00:52:02 7 Notes



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Pericles (; Attic Greek: Περικλῆς Periklēs, pronounced [pe.ri.klɛ̂ːs] in Classical Attic; c. 495 – 429 BC) was a prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during its 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 acquired the reputation of being the educational and cultural center 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 the people. Pericles also fostered Athenian democracy to such an extent that critics call him a populist. 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.