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Ancient sources.
Thucydides, Histories, book 1–2; Plutarch, Life of Pericles (both available in several translations).
Modern works.
A.R. Burn, Pericles and Athens (1949), brief but good historical treatment with a critical bibliography; V. Ehrenberg, Sophocles and Pericles (1954), detailed discussion of aspects of the intellectual background; C.M. Bowra, Periclean Athens (1971), a full picture of the period and its culture; J.K. Davies, Athenian Propertied Families, pp. 455–460 (1971), only on family and property, but with scholarly bibliography; R. Meiggs, The Athenian Empire (1972), a detailed, scholarly survey.
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| Modified link of Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Pericles. | Oct 02, 2026 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College - Pericles and Churchill: Matching Leadership, Millennia Apart. | Jan 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - In Our Time - Pericles. | Dec 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Livius - Pericles. | Apr 03, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Romana - The Life of Pericles. | Nov 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - Pericles And His Age. | Sep 22, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Pericles. | Jun 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Perseus Digital Library - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology - Pericles. | Feb 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Pericles: The Charismatic and Powerful Politician of Ancient Greece. | Dec 30, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Pericles. | May 07, 2022 | ||
| In the section Rise to democratic leadership, changed "retrospective" to "retroactive." | Dec 22, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Virginia - Biography of Patrick Henry. | Apr 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Biography of Pericles. | Apr 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: h2g2 - Biography of Pericles. | Apr 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Old and Sold - Biography of Pericles. | Apr 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: HyperHistory - Biography of Pericles. | Apr 23, 2014 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Pericles. | Nov 12, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: In2Greece - Biography of Pericles. | Apr 01, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Project Pericles, Inc - Pericles. | Apr 01, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Fact Monster - History - Peloponnesian War. | Apr 01, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: h2g2 - Biography of Pericles. | Sep 12, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 02, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | May 31, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Aug 09, 1999 |
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