" He was mocked as "squill head," possibly a reference to his long head.
This man's sons were called "Blitomammas" or "cabbage suckers." He was mocked as "squill head," possibly a reference to his long head. His illegitimate son and namesake was executed for failing to pick up survivors after the Battle of Arginusae. This man's mistress was the Milesian woman Aspasia. In one speech, this man noted "if we look to the laws, they afford (*) equal justice to all in their private differences" before describing the society he led as one thrown open "to the world" as "the school of Hellas." As leader, he commissioned Phidias to build various monuments, including one at the Temple of Zeus. This man gave a noted funeral oration before dying of plague during the Peloponnesian War. For 10 points, name this leader during the "Golden Age of Athens."
This man's sons were called "Blitomammas" or "cabbage suckers.
Pericles