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(495-429)

Who Was Pericles?

After inheriting money as a teen, the ancient Greek statesman Pericles became a great patron of the arts.

In 461, he assumed rule of Athens — a role he would occupy until his death. During his leadership, he built the Acropolis and Parthenon and led Athens' recapture of Delphi, the siege on Samos and the invasion of Megara. In 429, he died of the plague.

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Quick Facts

NAME: Pericles
BORN: c.

495 BC
BIRTHPLACE: Athens, Greece
DEATH: 429 BC
SPOUSE: Aspasia of Miletus
CHILDREN: Paralus, Xanthippus, Pericles the Younger

Early Life

Ancient Greek statesman Pericles was born c.

Verzorgingstafel pericles biography

495 B.C. in Athens, Greece. His father, Xanthippus, was a famous general and statesman who came from a wealthy family of aristocrats. Pericles' mother, Agariste, was niece to the famed statesman and reformer Cleisthenes, who lead the controversial Alcmaeonidae clan.

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