Battle of the Best Leader
When thinking about superior leader’s, the people who really succeed the most and really take their leadership seriously are the ones who come to mind.
For my Historical figure I chose Pericles, because he was one of Greece’s greatest leaders who led Greece to where they are now (Moulton, 110).
My modern figure is Prokopis Pavlopoulos, who is now Greece’s seventh President and was born in Kalamata Greece.
Although both Pericles and Pavlopoulos are great. Pericles is the better leader, because he created his own league and led the Athen’s to victory.
To start off with, Pericles was the leader of Greece during the Golden Age, and was the most prominent leader of all.
The goals Pericles aimed towards for his league
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First of all, he signed the Leronymos Oath for tradition.
Second of all, people respected Prokopis as a teacher and professor, because of his talent and of how smart he was.
Out of all the support Prokopis has had from Greece, he still has not made enough progress to become as great of a leader like Pericles.
In the battle of the best leader between Pericles and Prokopis Pavlopoulos they have some similarities, but lots of differences.
Between the two of them they both have quite a few similarities as leaders of Greece in their own ways.
For example, Pericles was born in Greece to an Athenian family with former leaders (Moulton, 110).
Also, Pavlopoulos was born in Kalamata Greece to be more exact, but was not born into a family of former leaders.
From all the research about Pavlopoulos, there was not much that stood out, because he has not been President for that long and he has not done many great things since becoming President.
Mainly because, out of only 300 votes he only had 233 which really isn’t a lot of votes to start off with first of
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For all the research on Pericles they showed that Pericles is one of many superior leader’s and he really has done the most for his role in leadership.
First off, it was proven that Pericles treated everyone with respect, and people loved that about him (Moulton, 111).
Second, he lead himself and his delian league to victory, and Athens changed for the better since then (Moulton, 111).
Out of all the similarities and differences between Pericles and Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Pericles really has shown that he is the greatest leader and no one could ever go beyond him.
Between being the best leader Pericles was such a great person himself that his kindness made him an even better leader for Greece.
Even though Pericles had his own downfalls and for that he was not the most perfect person.
Pavlopoulos also had his own downfalls as well but he is a great person and people have a lot of respect for him as a person himself.
Both Pericles and Prokopis Pavlopoulos have such great qualities that one another may or may not have, but Pericles has the most and best qualities of all other
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Athenians didn't show the signs Pericles had said they were well known of. Thucydides was trying to justify his view that when people are put in times of chaos and hardship, they're true evil human nature comes out. They become not people of honor and strength but people interested in themselves and shameful in their actions. An example of one of the greatest tragedies shows just the opposite, sometimes extreme situations can bring out the actual good courageous and honorable side in people. Thucydides showed Athenians as people who didn't live up to what they were known for, but really weren't as great, strong, as they boasted they were.
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...an turn a leader that tales are told of into someone who struggles to adapt to what most Greeks would find to be perfect.
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No one would deny that Pericles was the most prominent Greek statesman and spokesperson during the Golden Age. His contribution was largely felt during the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars having obtained power from his family link to the Alcmaeonid family. He commanded a lot of respect to from the Athenian citizens with Thucydides describing him as "the first citizen of Athens” . He was born at around 495 BC north of Athens in the ...
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