Perikles

Perikles (c. 495 – 429 SM, Yunani: Περικλῆς, berarti "dikelilingi oleh kejayaan") adalah negarawan, orator dan jendral Athena yang penting dan berpengaruh selama zaman keemasan Athena, era antara perang Persia dan Peloponnesia.

Perikles
Potret Perikles
Pengabdian	Athena
Pangkat	Jendral (Strategos)
Perang/pertempuran	Pertempuran di Sicyon dan Acarnania (454 SM) Perang Suci Kedua (448 SM) Pengusiran barbar dari Gallipoli (447 SM) Perang Samia (440 SM) Pengepungan Bizantium (438 SM) Perang Peloponnesia (431–429 BC)

Pada masa pemerintahan Perikles seni bangunan Yunani berkembang pesat.

Pranala luar

Biographies

• Britannica 11th Edition
• Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition (2001–05)
• Peck, Harry Thurston

Pericles and the Athenian democracy

• McConville, Michael. A Critical Analysis of Athenian Democracy

Further assessments about Pericles and his era

• Ash, Thomas. From The Delian League To The Athenian Empire
• Jebb, R.C. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos
• Martin, Thomas R. An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander (Pericles' citizenship law)
• Muhlberger, Steve. Periclean Athens