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Died 422 BCE • Amphipolis • Greece
Role In Peloponnesian War
Pericles
Pericles
Athenian statesman
Alcibiades and Timon
Alcibiades
Athenian politician and general
Theramenes
Greek politician and general
Demosthenes
Greek general
Nicias
Greek general
Laches
Greek general
Phormion
Greek admiral
Cleophon
Greek statesman
Thucydides manuscript
Thucydides
Greek historian
Demosthenes
Demosthenes
Greek statesman and orator
Solon
Solon
Greek statesman and poet
Isocrates
Greek orator and rhetorician
Peisistratus
Peisistratus
tyrant of Athens
Cleisthenes of Athens
Cleisthenes of Athens
Greek statesman
Themistocles
Athenian politician and naval strategist
Cimon
Greek statesman and general
Miltiades the Younger
Athenian general
Hyperides
Greek politician
Antiphon
Greek writer and statesman
aeschines
Aeschines
Greek orator