Since Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy, the ancient Greek statesman Pericles must be considered its father.

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Pericles lifted Athens into a golden age through his support of the arts, architecture, philosophy, and democracy building.

Modern audiences know Pericles best for the funeral oration he delivered in 431 BC, which acclaimed author Steven Pressfield suggests may have “marked the pinnacle of Athens’ Golden Age ...

Reading the presidents State of the Union and Budget Message, Americans are on the cusp of the second Age of Pericles. The economy is booming and with new taxes on the wealthy and free community ...

In the fall of 429, at the age of about 65, Pericles, the mastermind of Athenian glory, died. The Pelopennesian War - 431: The Beginning of the Great War Long Death of Pericles ...

The Long Death of Pericles. One of the victims of the plague that swept Athens in 430 BC was Pericles himself. ... In the fall of 429, at the age of about 65, Pericles, ...

“Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now,” Pericles, the great Athenian statesman, declared in his funeral oration, a celebrated speech in the winter of 431–430 B ...