The Whisperer No 4 Exxiv on Pericles and Athens downfall
The text laments the plague and war that beset Athens and driven by tyrannical leadership. It questions where Pericles and the city’s greatness have gone as ruin overwhelms the state and family. The author reflects on political folly and the collapse of a once mighty civilization.
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Athens
Pericles
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