This leader first gained prominence as the sponsor of Aristophanes' (air-uh-STAHF-uh-nees)
This leader first gained prominence as the sponsor of Aristophanes' (air-uh-STAHF-uh-nees) The Persians at the Dionysus (die-uh-NIGH-sus) Festival. He then served as the deputy of Ephialtes (eh-fee-AHL-tees) and helped decrease the power of the Areopagus (air-ee-oh-PAY-gus) noble council. After Ephialtes was assassinated, this leader gained power and used it to pay jury members and limit citizenship to people with two Athenian parents. This leader then encouraged the development of the Acropolis, especially the Parthenon. Name this leader associated with the Golden Age of Athens who Thucydides (thoo-SIH-duh-dees) called "the first citizen of Athens".
This leader first gained prominence as the sponsor of Aristophanes' (air-uh-STAHF-uh-nees)
Pericles