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from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or relating to Pericles (about 495-429
b. c. ), the foremost citizen and practically chief of the state of ancient Athens at her greatest period; hence, pertaining to the age of the intellectual and material preëminence of Athens.
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Sometime then Greece had her last Pre-periclean age of greatness.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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