This man is paired with Fabius Maximus in Plutarch's Parallel Lives.
According to Herodotus, his mother Agariste dreamed she'd given birth to a lion a few days before his actual birth, while this man's father Xanthippus was once ostracized. This man is paired with Fabius Maximus in Plutarch's Parallel Lives. Critics of this ruler often attacked his (+) lover, a probable courtesan named Aspasia. This man ordered construction of a third long wall after agreeing to hand over Megara in the Thirty Years Peace. Allies of his former rival Cimon denounced this man's expensive plan to begin construction on the (*) Parthenon, and he entered Athens into the Peloponnesian War. For 10 points, name this Athenian ruler who gives his name to the Golden Age of Athenian democracy.
According to Herodotus, his mother Agariste dreamed she'd given birth to a lion a few days before his actual birth, while this man's father Xanthippus was once ostracized.
{Pericles}