The Influence Of The Athenian Golden Age

The Athenian golden age is a period known as such because it was a time that Athens had great cultural and economic growth. Consistently is the same time in which athenian politics was at its peak. This period went from 449 to 431 B.C., and is also known as the Age of Pericles. He was the leader general elected in 443 BCE, a title that he held until his death in 429 BCE (History.com, 2009).

The Golden age of Athens came to live right after Athens defeated the Persians in the period of 480–479 BC, called the Greco-Persian wars, particularly, the Battle of Plataea in 479 BCE, “where Persia was defeated by a combined force of Spartans, Tegeans, and Athenians” (Britannica Encyclopedia). This is also when the Delian league, an alliance between Greek city-states, was formed in 478 BCE, led by Athens and the command of Pericles, resulting on it becoming the great Greek empire it is known for, taking control of “the laws, customs, and trade of all her neighbors in Attica and the islands of the Aegean” (Mark, 2011).
Athenians were at a very height of their glory and its citizens were extremely confident and flourished intellectually (Canadian Museum of History). The greatest names know in history are part of this period, “Herodotus, the `father of history', lived and wrote in Athens. Socrates, the `father of philosophy', taught in the marketplace. Hippocrates, `the father of medicine', practiced there” (Mark,