Pericles was born in 495 BC into a wealthy political family. His learnings from his family members and his teachers influenced him in such a way that he became one of the most influential politician’s in the Greek world. He was also the reason why the Greek world reached the pinnacle of political power. Thucydides‚ his contemporary historian‚ acclaimed him as "the first citizen of Athens". Pericles father Xanthippus was born into a family of aristocrats where as Pericles mother Agariste was a member
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Greece during Age of Pericles A wise and able statesman named Pericles led Athens during its golden age. Honest and fair‚ Pericles held onto popular support for almost thirty two years. He was a skillful politician‚ an inspiring speaker‚ and a respected general. He has dominated the life of Athens from 461 to 429 B.C.‚ this period has often been called the Age of Pericles. He had three goals‚ first to strengthen Athenian democracy‚ second to hold and strengthen the empire‚ and the last to glorify
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“The Restoration of the Athenian Empire” Our walls are crumbling and our fleet is minute. We here in Athens are unable to collect tribute from other city-states and are often in threat of being attacked. Our fleet is defenseless and weak. The Democratic fraction‚ propose that we spend our time and hard earned money on the rebuilding of our walls and fleet. That way Athens can dangerously collect tributes from other Greek city-states. The Democrats also would like to commence in hazardous military
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dialogue in between the powerful Athenians and weak Melians is one such example. Melians were concerned with fairness‚ justice‚ impartiality‚ and honor. They were quite idealistic and proved to be uncompromising on that principle. On the other hand‚ Athenians were apprehensive towards the Melian’s reservations. They were concerned with their own security and interests‚ and felt reasonable in their engagements because it was the right of a strong nation to rule. Athenians wanted to complete their domination
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Pericles‚ and His Influence on Athens Pericles became the leader of Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War and was responsible for the rebuilding and reconstructing of this city. He became very powerful and well known through out the age of the 5th century‚ so powerful that this became known as the age of Pericles. He was the son of Xanthippus and Agariste. His father‚ Xanthippus was a military leader during the Peloponnesian Wars and was the victor at the Battle of Mycale. He would later
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Simon Wahba 12/12/12 Miss Weinstein Period 7 Democracy DBQ In the world many societies are switching to democracies from the demand from the people in that area. One of the first democracies ever was in Athens‚ Greece. Even though they were the first democracy ever assembled‚ questions arose as to how democratic they really were. Opinions vary‚ but although Athens became more democratic over time‚ because of a series of reforms‚ it still was still more un-democratic then
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Pericles was born to a family that was well known at the time with this father Xanthippus being one of the heroes of the Persian War. His mother’s family was also well known as the Alcmaeonidae family (Croix‚ 1972). His early life was surrounded by artists and philosophers with his friends being among the initial philosophers such as Protagoras and Zeno. To showcase his wealth and love for art‚ Pericles financed the play by Aeschylus in 472BC. This is what showcased him as a potential political figure
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In 480 and the years prior the Athenians and Spartans‚ banned together to defeat the Persian Army. The Spartans stand at Thermopylae‚ allowed the Athenians time to prepare‚ and ultimately allowed the victory. With both of these great city-states located so close together in Hellas‚ there differences would ultimately lead to dissension. Throughout the course of this paper‚ I hope to explain the reasoning behind the dissension between Sparta and Athens‚ made war between these former allies inevitable
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Although The Funeral Oration of Pericles was written around 431 B.C.E. in Athens‚ Greece and Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address was written in 2013 in the United States of America‚ they address many similar topics. A few of these topics consist of civic duty‚ world leadership and dedication. These similar topics can be seen many times throughout the two speeches even though the speeches were made for different reasons. Pericles’s speech eulogized the Athenian soldiers who died in the war against
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I believe the demise of the Athenian Empire and ultimately what is now referred to as the Golden Age‚ was greatly affected‚ not only by Spartan’s Victory over Athens‚ but the multitude of things that allowed the victory of such a powerful empire to occur. This included‚ however was not limited to‚ the plague that swept through the population of Athens‚ the animosity caused by the power Athens had acquired over the local Greek polis and the wealth created by its greed‚ while in the Delian League.
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