Pericles also elevated Athens’s role within the Delian League, a naval alliance of Greek city-states unified to fight the Persians. He maneuvered Athens to primacy over other league members, ...

Greek shipping magnate Pericles Panagopoulos, who was kidnapped at gunpoint in Athens last week, has been released after his family paid an £18 million ransom. UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...