Nicknamed 'The Olympian' because of his aloof manner, Pericles brought a new authority and stability to Athenian politics. It was a unique moment in Western history and at the center of it all was ...

In 431, shortly after the Peloponnesian War had broken out, Pericles delivered his famous Funeral Oration to commemorate those troops who had already fallen in battle. Recorded, and probably ...

Finally, in the Hellenistic period, which began with Alexander the Great and ended with the creation of the Roman Empire ... heyday of Athens during the time known as the Age of Pericles.