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JOIN PERICLES, THE LION OF ATHENS, ON A JOURNEY TO SECURE THE FATE OF THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE
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THE GOLDEN AGE OF ATHENS:
THE JEWEL IN THE GREEK EMPIRE
Standing like a colossus over the city is Pericles:
politician, general, architect of the city-s fortunes.
Yet some look on jewels with envy.
Forever a threat from the south,
Sparta will not kneel to its rival.
From their ranks rises a young boy
- ruthless, courageous, hungry.
Soon he will lead them . . .
Pericles is no longer young.
His city is divided - against
