When Pericles proposed his building program for the Acropolis in 449 BCE, he faced fierce opposition. The money he intended to use came from the treasury of the Delian League — contributions from Athens' allies, ostensibly for defense against Persia. Now Pericles wanted to use this tribute to build temples.
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The place
Acropolis of Athens
Pericles and the Glory of Athens
The statesman who transformed ruins into wonder
449-429 BCEAcropolis of Athens
Moral of the Story
“Visionary leadership transforms disaster into triumph. Pericles turned the ashes of Persian destruction into the eternal symbol of civilization.”
Characters
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PericlesP
PhidiasI
IctinusC
CallicratesM
MnesiclesT
The Athenian AssemblySource
Plutarch's Life of Pericles, Thucydides's History (the Funeral Oration), Diodorus Siculus's Bibliotheca Historica