Pericles

Also known as Perykles, Perikl, Perikles

Pericles foi um estadista grego

Occupation: politician, military personnel, statesperson, orator
Position held: Athenian strategos
Citizenship: Classical Athens
Born: 494 BC, 495 BC
Died: 429 BC

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Pericles foi um estadista grego e general durante a Idade de Ouro de Atenas. Ele foi proeminente e influente na política ateniense antiga, particularmente entre as Guerras Greco-Persas e a Guerra do Peloponeso, e foi aclamado por Tucídides, um historiador contemporâneo, como "o primeiro cidadão de Atenas". Pericles transformou a Liga de Delos em um império ateniense e liderou seus compatriotas durante os primeiros dois anos da Guerra do Peloponeso. O período durante o qual ele liderou Atenas como seu orador e estadista preeminente, aproximadamente de 461 a 429 a.C., às vezes é conhecido como a "Era de Péricles", mas o período assim denotado pode incluir tempos tão antigos quanto as Guerras Persas ou tão tardios quanto o século seguinte.

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Also known as Perykles, Perikl, Perikles

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“Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.”
— From Plutarch, Lives, Pericles, sec. 18. See also the following source provided by the "1000 Quotes Project": Plutarch. Plutarch’s Lives, Vol 3. Translated by Bernadotte Perrin. The Macmillan Co: New York. 1916. Pg 59 or 60. Archived from the original on November 10, 2022. The aforementioned source is available online as The Parallel Lives by Plutarch published in Vol. III of the Loeb Classical Library edition, 1916.
“Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.”
— As quoted in Homage to Greece (1943)
“Although only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it.”
— As quoted in The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper (1966). Book II, chapter 40.
“Our constitution does not copy the laws of neighboring states; we are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves”
— 2.37
“Nor is it any longer possible for you to give up this empire … Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it go.”
— Book 2, chapter 63: Pericles' third speech
“Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all.”
— As translated by Richard Crawley (1951)

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