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Athens became very powerful and more democratic
Pericles had been educated by some of the leading philosophers of his day. Pericles was strongly influenced by Aspasia, a female philosopher and courtesan from Miletus, who lived in Athens, Greece. He was also influenced by his great uncle, Cleisthenes. Cleisthenes had given Athens its first democratic constitution. Pericles was determined to continue the reforms of his great uncle and serve his city-state by making it more democratic than ever.
Pericles was not a democracy. Pericles was a statesman in Athens and was considered today as a general. Pericles did not make Democracy. The people of Greece did.
Athens became very powerful and more democratic
Athens in Ancient Greece
Athens.
As the leader of the democratic faction of Athenian politics that swept into power, Pericles did change the democracy in Athens.
Thucydides described Pericles as the first citizen of Athens