Pericles

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Date	Editor	Change Summary
4/23/2024, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #115
6/9/2023, 2:32 PM	Mike C	update #114
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
2/28/2019, 2:08 PM	Mike C	update #102
1/22/2019, 10:01 AM	Mike C	update #101
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
7/27/2015, 11:23 PM	Mike C	update #90
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Ancient Greek (Latinized)

Scripts Περικλῆς(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced Pron. PEHR-ə-kleez(English)

Meaning & History

From the Greek name Περικλῆς (Perikles), which was derived from Greek περί (peri) meaning "around, exceedingly" and κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory". This was the name of a 5th-century BC Athenian statesman and general. It is also the name of the central character in the play Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1608) written (or co-written) by William Shakespeare.