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Pericles

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Per·i·cles  (pr-klz) Died 429 b.c.
Athenian leader noted for advancing democracy in Athens and for ordering the construction of the Parthenon.
Peri·clean (-kln) adj.
Pericles [ˈpɛrɪˌkliːz]
n
(Biographies / Pericles (?495 bc-429 bc) M, Athenian, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: politician) ?495-429 bc, Athenian statesman and leader of the popular party, who contributed greatly to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece. In power from about 460 bc, he was responsible for the construction of the Parthenon. He conducted the Peloponnesian War (431-404 bc) successfully until his death
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Noun1.PericlesPericles - Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC)


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Both Ephialtes and Pericles abridged the power of the Areopagites, the latter of whom introduced the method of paying those who attended the courts of justice: and thus every one who aimed at being popular proceeded increasing the power of the people to what we now see it.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
Hayward surrounded his sordid and vulgar little adventures with a glow of poetry, and thought he touched hands with Pericles and Pheidias because to describe the object of his attentions he used the word hetaira instead of one of those, more blunt and apt, provided by the English language.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
, an infant of eighteen, and a scraggy nest of foreign office holders, sit in the places of Themistocles, Pericles, and the illustrious scholars and generals of the Golden Age of Greece.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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