Pericles of Ancient Greece once said, “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” He lived out this motto all throughout his life; in politics, war, and his personal life before rule. Pericles was over all one of the best leaders of Athens. Pericles was born in 495 BC. His name means “surrounded by glory” in Greek. He was raised in an Aristocratic family and through his mother he is related to Cleisthenes. In 472, Pericles sponsored
similarity among all these leaders is that they all influenced their people and revolutionized the world. Pericles is also among this extravagant group. Pericles, leader of Greece in its Golden Age, revolutionized the city of Athens, its government and its people. The life of Pericles was by far very prominent. Born in 495 B.C.E., Pericles was not only a statesman, but also a general
LW 7/8 Pericles: An Important Figure in Ancient Greece Pericles, whose name means “surrounded by gloryâ€, was a statesmen of Athens, Greece during the Golden Age between 495 – 429 BC. He rose to become one of the greatest leaders of Athens as a statesman, orator, and a general. The period during which he led Athens, from 461 to 429 BC, is sometimes known as the "Age of Pericles" because of his contributions to the arts, architecture, and to Athens as a military power. Pericles was so
Significance of Pericles' Death The death of Pericles was a significant event in the course of the Peloponnesian War; however, even without Pericles' leadership the Athenian Assembly had countless opportunities to prevent their loss and chose not to take them. The fickleness and inefficiency of democracy ('the mob') allowed the Athenians to be easily influenced and therefore electing populists such as Cleon, Lysicles and Hyperbolus into dominant leadership roles. Election, via democratic means
Miletus is a powerful, influential woman. She is best known as the consort and close companion of Pericles, a great Athenian statesman. Aspasia is influential because she is a scholar and philosopher whose intellectual influence distinguishes her in Athenian culture, which treats women as second-class citizens. She is known mainly to have enormous influence over such prominent leaders and philosophers as Pericles, Plato, and Socrates. Aspasia, born in Miletus in 470 B.C.E., belongs to a wealthy family
1 The aristocrat Pericles was responsible in every way for the development of the Athenian democracy. Pericles was one of the rare men who didn’t just accept the world’s conditions, but he tried to shape it to an image in his mind, the image of a perfect, or almost perfect democracy.# He was a high government official in the Athenian democracy during the years 446-429 B.C., which is now called the Periclean Age. He wasn’t the founder or inventor of democracy but he came to its leadership 50 years
who made significant contributions to the development of the Athenian democracy were Solon (594 BC), Cleisthenes (508/7 BC), Pericles (495 – 429 BC) and Ephialtes (462 BC). Pericles was the longest serving democratic leader who contributed much development in democracy in the city. This paper will give an account of the age of the Pericles. 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
(63) 'Once more, you are bound to maintain the imperial dignity of your city in which you all take pride; for you should not covet the glory unless you will endure the toil. And do not imagine that you are fighting about a simple issue, freedom or slavery; you have an empire to lose, and there is the danger to which the hatred of your imperial rule has exposed you. Neither can you resign your power, if, at this crisis, any timorous or inactive spirit is for thus playing the honest man. For by this
leader of a city-state that produced his own golden age. Pericles was one of Athens most recalled rulers for his success. He sparked an age for the artistic and the thinkers of Athens. He was an open-minded leader which supported all of the arts and promoted the outside thinking of philosophy. He developed a system of democracy for his city-state to instill in which the majority gained a say in the government. Although not everyone believed Pericles was great. The other city states in Greece became jealous
This description fits a certain person well: Pericles. Pericles was a brave man, and he did things to the best of his abilities. He was born a wealthy child, and of course used this to his advantage. He honestly thought that he could have a big impact on the city of Athens and maybe even the entire world. He have thought this way because, “His father Xanthippus had himself been a military commander for Athens at the battle of Mycale in 479 B.C. Pericles name in Greek means 'Surrounded by Glory' and
Pericles was born in 495 BC in Athens, Greece. He was born into a wealthy family. His father was Xanthippus, and his mother was Agariste. His father was an Athenian general and statesman, so it is said that Pericles gained an understanding of the city and its people from his father. When he was younger his father made sure he had a great education. He learned music from the tutelage of Damon. He also learned math from the theoretical physicist Zeno of Elea. Pericles was a great leader of Athens
Reading Response 1 In Pericles's Funeral Oration, Pericles promotes and celebrates many great aspects of the Athenian society. Pericles puts emphasis on the bravery that his city exemplifies in times of trouble. In his speech Pericles states how during any hardships that may take place, they “prove no less daring than those who are constantly straining” (pg 93). Danger to the Athenians is nothing more than an obstacle to fight through, and Pericles emphasizes his nation’s ability to stay calm in the
In the Age of Pericles, from 491 until his death in 429 BCE, Athens thrived. In this short period, Athens was a place of reform and advancement, giving us our sources of democracy, architecture, and the dramatic arts. Here, great minds such as Socrates and Sophocles congregated; here, ideals flourished. These developments of the Age of Pericles distinguish it as a high point in Greek society and, indeed, all Western civilization. From the start of his career in government, Pericles provided the Athenian
The primary message that Pericles leaves his audience with is that the most valiant way a man can live and die is in the service of freedom and his city of Athens, and that those who died in the war were not lost in vain, as they made the most glorious contribution that they could offer - their lives. In this speech, Pericles speaks to Athens honoring the citizens who died in various battles of the war, but he also uses it as a way to inspire and motivate Athenians to do the same as those who fought
Pericles What does it mean to be a leader? According to Bill Owens, "True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well." (Owens). Pericles' leadership was a near perfect representation of this. Born in Athens, Greece in 495 BCE, Pericles son of Xanthippus: Athenian general and member of an aristocratic family, was always expected to be a great statesman, and he delivered
The funeral oration of Pericles was a speech that Pericles gave about democracy. The speech was for those who had died during the first year of the war. Pericles tried to honor those who had fought for their city, those who had been brave enough to leave their souls and hearts in the battlefields and those who were proud of being Athenians. Pericles not only was the leader of Athens in that era (431/430 B.C.) but also a great supporter of democracy. He was very popular, many citizens followed him
remain it would seem that they were kept at a relatively low level on the social hierarchy. Even in Pericles ' Funeral Speech which seems to be an almost utopian discretion of aspects of Greek life Pericles himself states that “Great will be your glory in not falling short of your natural character; and greatest will be hers who is least talked of among the men whether for good or for bad.” Pericles states that the greatest of women should be the ones whom are not noticed but still preform there tasks
However, in regard to the matter of empire, Socrates criticism of Pericles’ instigation of lack of self restraint is unfair in that Pericles cautions the people of Athens that, while pursuing war, they should abstain from endeavoring to expand their empire further. During his discussion with Callicles, Socrates describes a metaphorical scene in which two men have jars and the man who represents self-restraint stops filling his jar before it overflows and is content, while the other man who represents
Greece, Solon changed the world. The Athenian government was known to be established in 460BCE and was ran by tyranny. Despite the insanity, the basic outlines of development of democracy were established by no others than: Solon, Cleisthenes, and Pericles. Solon was the first to greatly influence the government of Athenian society. In the 6th century BCE, social tensions arose and Athens was shrinking. Many citizens were reduced to sharecroppers and some had sold their own lives into slavery to compensate
Athens won, however, Athens was in ruins. Pericles revolutionized Athens with public projects during the Athen’s Golden Age which improved Athenian culture, brought back a strong Athenian government, democracy, and led to a surplus of food. During Athen’s Golden Age, Pericles shaped Athens into an artistic and cultural place with beautiful buildings, a strong wall for protection, and a place for blossoming thoughts and ideas for all topics. One of Pericles most outstanding works