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Definition of Pericles
1. Noun. Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC).
Definition of Pericles
1. Proper noun. A Greek politician that lived during the ancient and the classical times. ¹
2. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek male given name) of mostly historical use. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pericles
Literary usage of Pericles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Cimon was ostracized ; and the exasperation of the conservative party was shown
by the The period known as "the age of Pericles" may be roughly defined as ..."
2. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1830)
"As Pericles was of that family by the mother's side, the purpose of the ...
Pericles opposed all these demands with great vigour, and especially that ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"There was another rumour still more dangerous, which grew out of the character
of the persons who were admitted to the society of Pericles and Aspasia. ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"His mother, being near her time, fancied in a dream that she was brought to bed
of a lion; and a few days after was delivered of Pericles, in other respects ..."
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