Pericles - Ancient Greek Statesman, Orator and General of Athens - 495–429 BC - Democracy - Aged Alabaster Statue

Item Specifics

Quote:“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others!”

Condition: New, Handmade in Greece.
Material: Alabaster
Height: 27 cm (10.5")
Width: 7 cm (2.7")
Weight: 500g

Pericles was a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the city's Golden Age. The period in which he led Athens, in fact, has been called the Age of Pericles due to his influence, not only on his city's fortunes, but on the whole of Greek history during the 5th century BCE and even after his death. He was a fierce proponent of democracy, although the form this took differed from the modern day as only male citizens of Athens could participate in politics. Even so, his reforms would lay the groundwork for the development of later democratic political systems.