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Pericles

Athenian statesman, orator and general (c. 495 – 429 BC)

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Also known as Perykles · Perikl · Perikles

Born: 494 BCE
, 495 BCE
Died: 429 BCE
Birthplace: Athens
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1.Stated in Union List of Artist NamesRetrieved 2021-05-21
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Place of death: Athens
Citizenship: Classical Athens
Occupation: politician
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1.Stated in NNDB
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, military personnel
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Positions held: Athenian strategos(-0442–-0429)
Spouse: Pericles' first wife(until -0445)
, Aspasia(since -0445)
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1.Stated in Q24335043
2.Stated in Aspasia
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Pericles was a Greek statesman and general during the Golden Age of Athens. He was prominent and influential in Ancient Athenian politics, particularly between the Greco-Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War, and was acclaimed by Thucydides, a contemporary historian, 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 as its preeminent orator and statesman, roughly from 461 to 429 BC, is sometimes known as the "Age of Pericles", but the period thus denoted can include times as early as the Persian Wars or as late as the following century.

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Pericles' Funeral Oration-043 · speech

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Given name: Periklis
Family: Alcmaeonidae
Buzygae
Child: Pericles the Younger mother: Pericles' first wife
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1.Stated in Paralus and Xanthippus
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Paralus mother: Pericles' first wife
Xanthippus mother: Aspasia
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1.Stated in Q45198940
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Father: Xanthippus
Mother: Agariste
Time period: classical antiquity
Manner of death: natural causes
Cause of death: Plague of Athens
Sibling: Ariphron
Participated in conflict: First Peloponnesian War
Samian War
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-21
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Present in work: Civilization VI
Military, police or special rank: strategos
Name in native language: Περικλῆς
Pseudonym: Ολύμπιος language: Ancient Greek
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1.Stated in Parallel Lives
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Allegiance: Classical Athens
Depicted by: Pericles (statue)
Religion or worldview: Ancient Greek religion
Place of burial: tomb of Pericles, Athens

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