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in a way, yes however there are arguements to suggest he was politic hero
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoYes, he as an athenian general ans politician.
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Did pericles have children?
Yes, Pericles had a son - also pericles - with the metic Asphasia.
What type of government was Pericles?
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.
What is the synonym for the word tyrant?
A synonym for the word tyrant is dictator. Or Bully
Who was the Athenian statesman during the golden age who promoted the idea of democracy?
The Greek statesman Pericles then expanded the democracy. He was an Athenian statesman who had an impact on politics that remains today.
What did pericles invent?
Pericles was not an inventor, he was an Athenian general and statesman who lived in the fifth century BC.
Was Pericles a famous tyrant in Corinth?
No, he was a famous democrat in Athens.
Was Pericles a famous tyrant of Athens?
No, he helped bring about democracy in Athens.
Who was the Athenian tyrant who embellished Athens with monuments?
Pericles (490-429 BCE) was a Greek Archon who develop social programs that paid Athenian men to build beautiful monuments in Athens. Though he began as an Archon, he is often referred to as the Tyrant of Athens. Plutarch details Pericles political life and the monuments he had built in his Life of Pericles.
True or false Pericles was a famous tyrant of Athens?
In a the modern term of tyrant yes; but in the classical greek tyrant defintion yes because percicules was someone who illegally seized power he had no right to the power during this time.
Who was a dominate figure in Athenian politics?
The oligarchs Draco and Solon, the tyrant Pisistratus, the democrats Cleisthenes, Ephialtes and Pericles.
How good was Pericles for the citizens of Athens?
Pericles did a lot of good for Athenians. He had the power of a tyrant, but he used it for the welfare of the people. He also made some new and better laws. One was that anybody who fought in the Athenian army should be paid for doing so. Some of today's American laws are said to be adapted from Pericles's ideas. --DanW12321
Who introduced musical events into the Panathenaic Games?
The tyrant Peisistratus for singing and flute, and his son Hipparchus for singing of epic poetry.
Was Pericles famous for tyrant of Athens?
Pericles was not a tyrant. Athens was a radical democracy and Pericles was variously a magistrate and general but had to justify his actions to the popular Assembly. He gained ascendency by arranging the banishment of his main political opponent Thucydides son of Melesias, but preferred to think of himself as 'first citizen' and had to influence his people by persuasion. His influence was, unfortunately too great, and led his people into a disastrous war imagining that Athens could use its empire to dominate the Greek world. He died of the plague before seeing the catastrophe that this war brought to the Greek world in general and Athens in particular.
Why did pericles die?
Pericles died from the plague.
Did Pericles die?
Pericles died from the plague.
Who was pericles enemies?
Who was an opponent of Pericles
What did Pericles believed in?
What did Pericles beleive in
