Pericles

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Athenian statesman ancient Greek person general human military leader orator politician

Pericles was a prominent and influential Athenian statesman and general of the 5th century BCE who led Athens during its Golden Age in politics, culture, and architecture.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pericles the Younger	2
Athenian statesman Pericles	1
Pericles of Athens	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athenian statesman ⓘ ancient Greek person ⓘ general ⓘ human ⓘ military leader ⓘ orator ⓘ politician ⓘ
activeIn	5th century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith	Athenian democracy ⓘ Delian League ⓘ Peloponnesian War ⓘ
causeOfDeath	plague ⓘ
citizenship	Athens ⓘ
country	Classical Athens ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek culture ⓘ
dateOfBirth	circa 495 BCE ⓘ
dateOfDeath	429 BCE ⓘ
describedAs	first citizen of Athens ⓘ
era	Classical Greece ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greeks ⓘ
father	Xanthippus ⓘ
influenced	Athenian political institutions ⓘ development of direct democracy ⓘ
knownFor	Periclean building program ⓘ influential public speeches ⓘ
languageSpoken	Ancient Greek ⓘ
memberOf	Alcmaeonid family ⓘ
mother	Agariste ⓘ
notableFor	building program on the Acropolis ⓘ leadership during the Golden Age of Athens ⓘ leadership in the early years of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ patronage of the arts ⓘ promotion of Athenian democracy ⓘ
oversawConstructionOf	the Parthenon ⓘ surface form: Parthenon Propylaea ⓘ other Acropolis monuments ⓘ
partner	Aspasia of Miletus ⓘ
patronOf	Aeschylus ⓘ Anaxagoras ⓘ Herodotus ⓘ Phidias ⓘ Sophocles ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Athens ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Athens ⓘ
positionHeld	leading statesman of Athens ⓘ strategos of Athens ⓘ
religion	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
residence	Athens ⓘ
timePeriod	Age of Pericles ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anaxagoras → associatedWith → Pericles ⓘ

Athenian democracy → associatedWith → Pericles ⓘ

the Parthenon → builtDuringReignOf → Pericles ⓘ

subject surface form: Parthenon

Propylaea → builtUnder → Pericles ⓘ

Aspasia of Miletus → child → Pericles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pericles the Younger

Archidamian War → commandedBy → Pericles ⓘ

Second Sacred War → commandedBy → Pericles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenian statesman Pericles

Battle of Arginusae → commandedBy (Athens) → Pericles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pericles the Younger

Athenian navy → commander → Pericles ⓘ

Athena Parthenos → commissionedBy → Pericles ⓘ

Parthenon sculptures → commissionedBy → Pericles ⓘ

Herodotus → contemporaryOf → Pericles ⓘ

Nicias → contemporaryOf → Pericles ⓘ

Sophocles → contemporaryOf → Pericles ⓘ

Xanthippus → fatherOf → Pericles ⓘ

Age of Pericles → hasAssociatedPerson → Pericles ⓘ

Age of Pericles → hasLeader → Pericles ⓘ

Classical period → hasMajorFigure → Pericles ⓘ

Classical Greece → hasNotableLeader → Pericles ⓘ

Alcmaeonid family → hasNotableMember → Pericles ⓘ

Classical Greece → hasNotableStatesman → Pericles ⓘ

Agariste → hasRelative → Pericles ⓘ

Shakespeare quartos → includesEditionOf → Pericles ⓘ

Acropolis of Athens → mainConstructionPhaseUnder → Pericles ⓘ

Agariste → motherOf → Pericles ⓘ

Age of Pericles → namedAfter → Pericles ⓘ

Periclean building program → namedAfter → Pericles ⓘ

Athenian army → notableCommander → Pericles ⓘ

Peloponnesian War → notableCommander → Pericles ⓘ

Agariste → notableDescendant → Pericles ⓘ

Classical Athens → notableLeader → Pericles ⓘ

Cimon → opposedBy → Pericles ⓘ

Aspasia of Miletus → partner → Pericles ⓘ

Periclean building program → patron → Pericles ⓘ

Phidias → patron → Pericles ⓘ

Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens → patron → Pericles ⓘ

Telesterion at Eleusis → rebuiltUnder → Pericles ⓘ

Eleusis → reconstructedBy → Pericles ⓘ

Sybaris → refoundedUnder → Pericles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pericles of Athens

Sophocles → servedWith → Pericles ⓘ

Aspasia of Miletus → spouseOrPartner → Pericles ⓘ

Cimon → succeededBy → Pericles ⓘ