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Was Pericles a famous tyrant in Corinth?
No, he was a famous democrat in Athens.
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 the most famous politician in Athens?
Pericles is the most famous politician 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.
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.
What is a famous temple in Athens made during the age of Pericles?
The Parthenon - temple of Athena.
Who ordered the construction of many beautiful buildings in Athens?
Pericles A+ users
Where did pericles lived?
Athens in Ancient Greece
Who was the strongest leader of Athens after it emerged from the Persian War?
Athens.
Who was the first citizen of Athens?
Thucydides described Pericles as the first citizen of Athens
Who made Athens a beautiful city?
Pericles made Athens a beautiful city.
Was Pericles a god?
No, he was a leader that rebuilt Athens after the Persian wars.
