Nov 18, 2008
Article abstract: Athenian statesman{$I[g]Greece;Pericles} The Age of Pericles was a crucial period in the history of Athens. Pericles’ transformation of the Delian League into the Athenian Empire provided the financial basis for the flowering of Athenian democracy.
Pericles (PEHR-ih-kleez) was born in Athens around 495 b.c.e., the son of Xanthippus and Agariste (the niece of Cleisthenes of Athens). As the son of a wealthy aristocratic family in Athens and possessed of an above-average intelligence, Pericles received an excellent education...
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