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Pericles (n.) answered ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a richer rival with jury pay: beaten in private wealth by Cimon, he gave the people gifts out of their own property.

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Pericles (n.) stood ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠before his people as public orator in the beautiful rigidity of a marble Olympian, speaking calmly, mantle draperies unmoved, countenance unchanged, and represented the very image of that cosmos.