Pericles
Pericles (; grc-gre, Περικλῆς; c. 495 – 429 BC) was a Greek politician and general during the Golden Age of Athens. He was prominent and influential in Athenian politics, particularly between the Greco-Persian Wars and the Pelopo ...
was a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the city's Golden Age.
Pericles or Perikles may also refer to:
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''Pericles'' (ship), a sailing ship launched in 1877
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SS ''Duncan U. Fletcher'', a Liberty ship renamed ''Pericles'' in 1947
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SS ''Pericles'', an ocean liner which sank in 1910
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Perikles (name) Perikles or Pericles or Periklis ( el, Περικλής) is a Greek masculine given name.
Notable people with the given name include Ancient world
* Pericles (circa 495-429 BC), Athenian statesman, orator and general
** Pericles the Younger (440s ...
, a list of people with the given name Pericles, Perikles or Periklis
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre
''Pericles, Prince of Tyre'' is a Jacobean play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. It was pu ...
'', a play by William Shakespeare
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Perikles (band)
Perikles is a Swedish ''dansband'' that was established in 1974. Its biggest chart singles are "Var ska vi sova i natt?", a cover version of "Sarà perché ti amo". The band has released many albums that include its own songs and cover versions. P ...
, a Swedish dansband
* ''Perikles'', a board game designed by
Martin Wallace
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Péricles de Andrade Maranhão
Pericles was a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the city's Golden Age.
Pericles or Perikles may also refer to:
* ''Pericles'' (ship), a sailing ship launched in 1877
* SS ''Duncan U. Fletcher'', a Libert ...
, who signed only as Péricles, was a Brazilian cartoonist and caricaturist
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Péricles (singer)
Péricles Aparecido Fonseca de Faria, also known as only Péricles, or Periclão (born 22 July 1969), is a singer, composer and Brazilian instrumentist of pagode, a subgenre of samba. He was the vocalist of Exaltasamba from the band's beginni ...
, a Brazilian singer
See also
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Pericle
Pericle is a masculine given name of Romanic origin. Notable people with the name include:
* Pericle Fazzini (1913–1987), Italian painter and sculptor
* Pericle Felici (1911–1982), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church
* Pericle Martinesc ...
, a given name
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Pericles' Funeral Oration
"Pericles's Funeral Oration" (Ancient Greek: Περικλέους Επιτάφιος) is a famous speech from Thucydides' ''History of the Peloponnesian War''. The speech was supposed to have been delivered by Pericles, an eminent Athenian politi ...
, by the Athenian
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Pericles with the Corinthian helmet
The statue of Pericles with the Corinthian Helmet is a lost, life-sized statue of the Athenian statesman and general Pericles. Today, only some of the base survives. Four Roman Imperial-era marble busts modelled after the head of the statue are kn ...
, a lost statue known from copies
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Project Pericles
Project Pericles Inc. is a non-profit organization composed of liberal arts colleges and universities geared towards the ideas that social responsibility and participatory citizenship are essential parts of an undergraduate curriculum, in the cla ...
, a non-profit organization
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