pericles

     

Pericles (also spelle Perikles) (c. 495 – 429 BC, Greek: Περικλῆς, meaning "surrounded by glory") was a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the city's Golden Age—specifically, the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. He was descended, through his mother, from the powerful and historically influential Alcmaeonid family.

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  • The period during which he ruled is often referred to as "The Golden Age of Athens"
  • This title prince of Tyre taunts King Antiochus: "Great king, few love to hear the sins they love to act"
  • Shakespeare made this title Phoenician a "Prince of Tyre"
  • Title character who says, "When I did fly from Tyre, I left behind an ancient substitute"
  • This prince of Tyre discovers the wife he believed was dead has become a priestess of Diana
  • Marina is captured by pirates & sold to a brothel in the play named for this Prince of Tyre
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Athens, Greece, overlooking the Acropolis.) This great Athenian leader launched construction on the Acropolis, partly to boost employment
  • Marina's dad (need a hint? he rules Tyre)
  • Thucydides said the "golden age of" this leader was democracy in theory, but the rule of its first citizen in practice
  • He's a title prince:CRISP EEL
  • For building the Parthenon as leader of Athens, I say to the citizens: you owe me! & please take better care of it

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