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| Pericles |
A descendant of the powerful and influential Alcmeonid family on his mother's side, Pericles had such a profound influence on Athenian society that Thucydides, his contemporary historian, hailed him as the "first citizen of Athens". Plutarch says that Pericles was the richest of the Athenians for forty years; he led his first military expeditions during the first Peloponnesian war and averted the Spartan threat.
Pericles wanted to stabilize the dominant position of his city and assert his pre-eminence in Greece. He raised the necessary funds to carry out his ambitious construction plan, with particular attention to the renovation of the Acropolis, which included the Propylaea, the Parthenon and the golden statue of Athena, sculpted by Phidias, a friend of Pericles.
Undoubtedly the figure of Pericles marked an entire era and inspired contradictory judgments about his most significant political decisions. He was certainly a great general and also a great leader; he kept away from corruption and was a man with a strong charisma and also a great masculine charm. He was loved by the people. For over 20 years Pericles had the military command even if, out of prudence, he never undertook a campaign on his own initiative whose risk was not evident nor did he accept the "vain impulses of the citizens".
He was a brilliant man, a talented speaker whose words were almost always full of wisdom. But he was also an ambitious man. Not only did he possess a superior intelligence and an elevated language, devoid of banal or vulgar expressions, but he was distinguished by his austere and impassive face. However, he was also a proud and conceited man.
Pericles wanted to stabilize the dominant position of his city and assert his pre-eminence in Greece. He raised the necessary funds to carry out his ambitious construction plan, with particular attention to the renovation of the Acropolis, which included the Propylaea, the Parthenon and the golden statue of Athena, sculpted by Phidias, a friend of Pericles.
Undoubtedly the figure of Pericles marked an entire era and inspired contradictory judgments about his most significant political decisions. He was certainly a great general and also a great leader; he kept away from corruption and was a man with a strong charisma and also a great masculine charm. He was loved by the people. For over 20 years Pericles had the military command even if, out of prudence, he never undertook a campaign on his own initiative whose risk was not evident nor did he accept the "vain impulses of the citizens".
He was a brilliant man, a talented speaker whose words were almost always full of wisdom. But he was also an ambitious man. Not only did he possess a superior intelligence and an elevated language, devoid of banal or vulgar expressions, but he was distinguished by his austere and impassive face. However, he was also a proud and conceited man.
SERVANT:
If he were a Servant his class could be either the Lancer or even the Saber class. After all, we are talking about a warrior. The Rider class might also fit. I don't consider him, for obvious reasons, neither an Assassin, nor an Archer, nor a Caster.
