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Noun: Pericles  'pe-ru,kleez
  1. Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC)

Type of: national leader, solon, statesman

Encyclopedia: Pericles Pericles, Prince of Tyre Pericles, prince of Tyre

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