Pericles
pronunciation
How to pronounce Pericles in British English:
UK [ˈperɪˌkli:z]
How to pronounce Pericles in American English:
US [ˈpɛrɪˌkliz]
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- Noun:
- Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athen's political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC)
Word Origin
- Pericles
- Athenian statesman (c. 495-429 B.C.E.), from Greek Perikles, literally "far-famed," from peri "all around" (see peri-) + -kles "fame" (see Damocles). His leadership of Athens marks its intellectual and material zenith. Related: Periclean.
Example
- 1. Because part of the point of politics is to honor people like pericles .
- 2. Who are your favorite characters in history ? A mixture of socrates , pericles , mahomet , pliny the younger and augustin thierry .
- 3. The salient facts in this belief summary will serve to show how discordant pericles was with much of the life of his city .
- 4. The parthenon and other main buildings on the acropolis were built by pericles in the fifth century bc as a monument to the cultural and political achievements of the inhabitants of athens .
- 5. Some of politicians and ordinary citizens , such as pericles , protagoras and demosthenes , argued that it was democracy that caused athens to become powerful and beautiful and therefore it was an ideal political system .