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Pericles
Athenian statesman (c. 495-429 B.C.E.), from Greek
Perikles
, literally "far-famed," from
peri
"all around" (see
peri-
) +
-kles
"fame" (see
Damocles
). His leadership of Athens marks its intellectual and material zenith. Related:
Periclean
.
