Pericles of athens biography of rory gilmore

The 5th century BCE represented the apex of cultural, political, and economic prosperity in one particular area in ancient Greece.

Socrates began to establish the foundations of western philosophy.

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In the fourth and final volume of his magisterial history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the period from the destruction of Athens'.

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Pericles was one of the most popular plays of its time, and it has regained much of that popularity today.

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Playwrights such as Euripides, Aeschylus, and Sophocles were sponsored to create narratives that we still enjoy today. Phidias, the sculptor, created one of the seven wonders of the world, the statue of Zeus at Olympia. Herodotus began recording world history and Hippocrates, the father of western medicine, established the Hippocratic oath.

All of these people lived and breathed in one place at the same time: Athens.

This era is sometimes called the golden age of Athens, however, it is also called by another name: the Age of Pericles. Named after the man who guided the city to prosperity, the first citizen of Athens.

The Early Years of Pericles

Pericles was born in BCE.

His father Xanthippus was a wealthy Athenian