Pericles lifted Athens into a golden age through his support of the arts, architecture, philosophy, and democracy building.

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 ...

Watching “Pericles” Friday night in a rapt crowd of fellow Chicagoans, all clearly delighted that the RSC has come back in town for the first time in some 30 years, I was struck by how even ...

Democracy died in ancient Athens after the plague. ... Pericles, just a few months after he gave his famed Funeral Oration, praising the character of Athenian citizens, ...

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The dead included Pericles, the populist leader who had turned Athens into an imperial power. The Peloponnesian War, launched ...

Royal Shakespeare Company’s “Pericles” runs through Dec. 7 in Chicago Shakespeare’s Courtyard Theater on Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand Ave.; 312-595-5600 and www.chicagoshakes.com.

The production of “Pericles, Prince of Tyre,” onstage at Shakespeare Tavern through April 1, is terrific, twisted fun. First published in 1609, the work is a wild soap opera that also evokes ...

For as long as I can remember, the Left has been sneering at anyone who points out that the United States is a republic, not a democracy. They find the notion almost as unsophisticated and ...