'Pericles', (c 495-429 BC), 1830. Pericles (c 495-429 BC) influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens who led his countrymen during the first years of the Peloponnesian War, promoted the arts and literature and began work on structures at the Acropolis. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

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