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Pericles: His Life, Speeches and Impact on Ancient Athens and Greece
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PERICLES
Pericles in a Marseille statue
Pericles (490-429 B.C.) ruled over what has been described as the world's first democracy.
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Although he never claimed the highest title, archon , and described himself simply as one of the ten generals elected each year by the citizenry he was firmly in control during his 27 year rule over Athens and owed his position to his will, charisma and oratory skills.
He was the model for the tyrant Creon who condemns Antigone to death and for Oedipus the King.
Pericles instituted for public service, which expanded the realm of democracy, and looked after the welfare of the Athenian poor.
But he also made Athens broke by diverted much of the money from the Delian League to finance the construction of Parthenon and other monumental structures.
Pericles was a nobleman with “the bluest blood” and came from one of the wea