Pericles
c. 495–429 BCE
Athenian leader during the city's golden age.
Pericles (c. 495–429 BCE) was a statesman, born and died in Athens.
- Known as
- Statesman
- Category
- Leaders & Baddies
- Born
- c. 495 BCE, Athens
- Died
- 429 BCE, Athens
Alive at the same time as Pericles
- Darius the Great 550–486 BCE, king
- Leonidas I c. 540–480 BCE, king
- Aeschylus c. 525–c. 456 BCE, playwright
- Xerxes I c. 518–465 BCE, king
- Sophocles c. 497–c. 406 BCE, playwright
- Herodotus c. 484–c. 425 BCE, historian
- Euripides c. 480–c. 406 BCE, playwright
- Phidias c. 480–c. 430 BCE, sculptor
- Socrates c. 470–399 BCE, philosopher
- Democritus c. 460–c. 370 BCE, philosopher
- Hippocrates c. 460–c. 370 BCE, physician
- Thucydides c. 460–c. 400 BCE, historian
Portrait: Copy of Ktesilas, Public domain.
