Original: Pericles ( , PeriklÄ '' s , '' surrounded by glory '' ; c. 495 â '' 429 BC ) was a prominent and influential statesman , orator , and general of Athens during the city 's Golden Ageâ '' specifically , the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars .
Simplified: 495 â '' 429 BC , Greek : , meaning '' surrounded by glory '' ) was a prominent and influential statesman . He also was an orator , and general of Athens .