Periclean

[ per-i-klee-uhn ]

/ ˌpɛr ɪˈkli ən /

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adjective

of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age ) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.

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Origin of Periclean

First recorded in 1815–25; Pericle(s) + -an

Words nearby Periclean

pericenter, pericentre, perichaetial, perichondrium, periclase, Periclean, Pericles, periclinal, pericline, pericope, pericranium

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How to use Periclean in a sentence

To the Athenians of the Periclean age Sophocles was the incarnation of their dramatic ideal.
Authors of Greece|T. W. Lumb
But, if the western room of the Periclean temple was the opisthodomos, where was the proper?
The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1|Various
It must have been the habitual temper of mind in any Periclean symposium or Caesarean salon.
Suspended Judgments|John Cowper Powys
Soon after the death of Alexander the humiliation of Athens and its old Periclean spirit was complete.
A History of Art for Beginners and Students|Clara Erskine Clement

You will have ample material; his oratory is not of the Periclean type.
The Works of Lucian of Samosata, v. 4|Lucian of Samosata

British Dictionary definitions for Periclean

Periclean

/ (ˌpɛrɪˈkliːən) /

adjective

of or relating to Pericles or to the period when Athens was the intellectual and artistic leader of the Greek city-states

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