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Pericles pp. 256- 257 Essential Question: What are the characteristics of a leader? Ancient Athens During the Persian War, Athens was burned. • Herodotus, The Struggle for Greece. Translated by Kenneth Cavander. Fawcett Premier, 1962, page 115. “They found an empty city. A few Athenians, beggars and stewards of the temple, had barricaded themselves into the Acropolis behind wooden doors, but they could provide only feeble resistance. They had been too poor to go to Salamis, and believed they had solved the puzzle of the Delphic oracle when it talked about the ‘wooden walls’ never being taken. They thought a wooden barricade was meant, not ships, and staked everything on their wooden doors. But the Persians occupied the hill opposite the Acropolis and began a siege. Winding strips of tar round their arrows and setting them alight, they fired into the stockade. Although this defense proved worthless the besieged Athenians refused to surrender; their situation was desperate, but they refused to listen to the offer of the Persians to negotiate a truce…. [The Persians] plundered the temple, destroyed everything in sight and burnt the whole of the Acropolis.” Pericles is best known for being a leader in Athens during the time period between the Persian War and the next war, the Peloponnesian War. The Golden Age Athens was rebuilt after the war ended, and under the leadership of Pericles. Athens experienced a golden age – a time period of wealth, prosperity, cultural achievement, and democracy. Pericles All surviving statues and images of Pericles show him wearing a helmet—his rightful symbol as an Athenian general. The armor also covered up his one known physical flaw—his ong and narrow head. Contemporary poets nicknamed him Schinocephalos, "sea onion-head," after a bulbed plant found on the Mediterranean coast. Biography: What are the characteristics of a leader? Took on the powerful council of leaders called the Areopagus and stripped them of their power. Worked to reform (change) to direct democracy. Became a successful general called a “strategos,” of the Athenian army. Introduced new laws Sponsored the playwright Aeschylus and his play The Persians. Started important building projects to establish Athens as a leader of the Greek world Built Parthenon – temple to Athena Built the acropolis – represent glory Rebuilt temples destroyed by Persians Built Long Walls from Athens to the port city of Piraeus to protect the city in case of siege Biography Highlight as you read What are the characteristics of a leader? Classwork: Read pp. 256 – 257 Complete front and back of Pericles Onesheet Onesheet due Monday Brainpop is due Thursday, March 3 – Test Day!