, 153.
[73] Herod., vii., 103, 104.
[74] 1,000 Plataeans came to the assistance of the Athenians.--ED.
[75] Herodotus's statements of the numbers in Xerxes' army are
incredible.--ED.
[76] Herod., vii., 61-80.
[77] vii., 139.
[78] The chronology of these events is uncertain.--ED.
[79] Called the Peace of Cimon, but it is very doubtful whether Cimon
really concluded a treaty. [With more right may it be called the Peace
of Callias, who was probably principal ambassador.--ED.]
[80] In his chapters on the Mityleneans.
CHAPTER XIV
THE ARTS IN GREECE
ATHENS AT THE TIME OF PERICLES
=Pericles.=--In the middle of the fifth century Athens found herself
the most powerful city in Greece. Pericles, descended from one of the
noble families, was then the director of the affairs of the state. He
wasted neither speech nor personality, and never sought to flatter the
vanity of the people. But the Athenians respected him and acted only
in accordance with his counsels; they had faith in his knowledge of
all the details of administration, of the resources of the state, and
so they permitted him to govern.
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