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View Name: Pericles


PERICLES
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
OTHER SCRIPTS: Περικλης (Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED: PER-i-kleez (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
From the Greek name Περικλης (Perikles), which was derived from the Greek elements περι (peri) "around, in excess" and κλεος (kleos) "glory". This was the name of a 5th-century BC Athenian statesman and general.
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