From the 450s onward, Pericles rebuilt the city of Athens, a city ravaged by years of wars with the Persians. |
He puts to sea again and lands at Mytilene, where through Lysimachus and to his intense joy Pericles discovers his daughter. |
I have often heard Pericles speak of his childish obstinacy and perseverance. |
You will learn far more about leadership from reading Thucydides's hymn to Pericles than you will from a thousand leadership experts. |
It provided a material and political base of cultural achievement that rivaled the Greeks under Pericles. |
The complete consumption of the Pericles programme in the last three years of its programme shows the importance of maintaining this facility. |