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Pericles and the Athenian Street from a Wise Man's Fall
The piece argues that great men in Athens endured fame and misfortune under a popular government. It extols Pericles as a master of persuasion who guarded the state but expanded popular power, leaving a template for civic virtue and eventual decline. The narrator hints at further observations on Athens.
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Themistocles
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Commonwealth
Solon
Athens
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Pericles
Greece
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