I've never read it because I'd like to see one Shakespeare play that I don't know what happens. I close my ears… — Andre Braugher Copy Share Image
“my Clodius, how little your countrymen know of the true versatility of a Pericles, of the true witcheries of an Aspasia!” — Edward Bulwer-Lytton Copy Share Image
“Fear is debilitating, distracting, tiring, and often irrational. Pericles understood this completely, and he was able to use the power of perspective… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
The chief glory of a woman is not to be talked of, said Pericles, himself a much-talked-of-man. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“I thought of Pericles' speech to the families of the Athenian war dead, in which he said, "What you leave behind is… — Eric Greitens Copy Share Image
“For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions in their own… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
“Pericles, he reflected, was a sad case. He'd been a postman all his life, a solid, reliable worker, until one Christmas when… — Alison Fell Copy Share Image
The epoch of doubt and transition during which the Greeks passed from the dim fancies of mythology to the fierce light of… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
“Periclean Greeks employed the term idiotis , without any connotation of stupidity or subnormality, to mean simply 'a person indifferent to public… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“It was Ephialtes, in fact, who initiated democratic reforms that involved paying citizens for jury service. Shortly afterwards, he was assassinated (allegedly… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
