Greece during Age of Pericles A wise and able statesman named Pericles led Athens during its golden age. Honest and fair, Pericles held onto popular support for almost thirty two years. He was a skillful politician, an inspiring speaker, and a respected general. He has dominated the life of Athens from 461 to 429 B.C., this period has often been called the Age of Pericles. He had three goals, first to strengthen Athenian democracy, second to …showed first 75 words of 387 total…

…showed last 75 words of 387 total…of the league's money to buy gold, ivory, and marble. Still more money went to a small army of artisans who worked for 15 years to build one of architecture's noblest works--the Parthenon. I think this civilization has a long lasting effect on today's form of government. The ideas of today's democracy has several features from past. For example, one important feature of the Age of Pericles' democracy was representatives from every group in the society.