A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 6
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Pericles and Athens
For over 30 years, 466-428 BC, Athens was dominated by a man of great vigor and liberality of mind, Pericles. The beautiful ruins that still glorify Athens today are chiefly the remains of this great effort. Escalists, Sophocles and Euripides carried the Greek drama to its highest levels of beauty and nobility.
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