Aeschylus, the father of Greek tragedy, died in 456 BC, relatively early in Pericles' long career as Athens' leading politician. He left a number of important plays that still survive today ...

They traded honey, olive oil, silver, and painted pottery for the items mentioned above. During Athens' golden age, the agora was a place where goods were traded and bought. Athens today is one of the ...

Pericles called Athens "the school of Hellas," an education ... the marble embodiment of the Athenian golden age, that golden age was brief." Q: Then is the Parthenon, the building itself, almost ...