Who was Pericles?
Q: Who was Pericles?
A: Pericles was a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens who lived between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars.
Q: What is the "Age of Pericles"?
A: The "Age of Pericles" is the period during which he led Athens, roughly from 461 to 429 BC. It can include times as early as the Persian Wars or as late as the next century.
Q: What did Pericles do for Athenian society?
A: Pericles had great influence on Athenian society. He took away the noble's powers with Ephialtes, promoted arts and literature, fostered Athenian democracy to such an extent that critics call him a populist, and started an ambitious project that built most of the surviving structures on the Acropolis (including the Parthenon).
Q: Who was Ephialtes?
A: Ephialtes was a politician with whom Pericles took away nobles' powers. He was later assassinated.
Q: What did Pericles do for entertainment in Athens?
A: In his late 20’s, Pericles sponsored a major dramatic production for the festival of Dionysus and entertained all of Athens with it.
Q: Who did Pericles marry?
A: The name of his wife is unknown but he associated with a courtesan named Aspasia.
Q: How many sons did he have?
A; He had two sons.
