Pericles
An Athenian of noble family, son of Xanthippus and Agariste. His naturally great mental powers were much improved by attending the lectures of Zeno and other philosophers. He became a commander, a statesman, and an orator, and gained the esteem of the people by his address and liberality. In his ministerial capacity Pericles did not enrich himself. The prosperity and happiness of Athens was his primary object. He made war against the Lacedaemonians, and restored the temple of Delphi to the care of the Phocians, who had been improperly deprived of that honorable trust.
The Peloponnesian war was fomented by his ambitious views. He at length lost his popularity, but only temporarily, and he was restored to all the honors of which he had been deprived. A pestilence which prevailed proved fatal to him in his seventieth year, about B. C. 429.
Perse or Persa. Daughter of Oceanus, and wife of Helios (the Sun), by whom she became the mother of Aeetes, Circe, Pasiphae, and