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Solon: The Ancient Greek Lawmaker Who Paved the Way for Democracy

Greek Reporter 29 Nov 2025
Credit. by Philipp Foltz (1852)/ Public Domain ... Solon (c. 630 BC – c ... –. CC BY-SA 2.0 ... The ... Despite his departure, his innovative policies and ideas laid the groundwork on which Pericles established the famous Athenian democracy a century later.
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Benefit Your Friend, Hurt Your Enemy: Ancient Greek Tribal Justice

Greek Reporter 26 Nov 2025
Credit. Jack W Pearce, CC BY SA 2.0, Flickr ... The Ancient Greek tribal meaning of friendship and justice ... For instance, Pericles, in his epitaphy, brags about Athens’ audacity and the power it wielded over foes ... Pericles’ Funeral Oration. Credit ... ....
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Athens’ Darkest Hour: The Plague That Shook the Ancient Greek World

Greek Reporter 24 Nov 2025
Pericles, Athens’ most inspiring leader, had this grand strategy ... Pericles mourning the death of his son during the Plague of Athens.
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Athens and Sparta: Two Different Ancient Greek Societies Compared

Greek Reporter 22 Nov 2025
Athenian leader Pericles proposed a defensive alliance and sent a small number of ships to protect Corcyra from Corinth ... Pericles rejected peace ... Pericles returned to Athens in 430 BC as a plague ravaged the city.
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Ancient Greek Courtesan Aspasia as a Feminist Heroine

Greek Reporter 07 Nov 2025
She and Pericles, the great general and politician, fell deeply in love ... ‘Pericles and Aspasia ... Aspasia and Pericles had a son, Pericles the Younger, and bearing a child to Pericles presented Aspasia with a new goal.
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