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Died	461 BCE

Pericles

Pericles

Athenian statesman

Solon

Solon

Greek statesman and poet

Demosthenes

Greek general

Cleisthenes of Athens

Cleisthenes of Athens

Greek statesman

Demosthenes

Demosthenes

Greek statesman and orator

Isocrates

Greek orator and rhetorician

Peisistratus

Peisistratus

tyrant of Athens

Themistocles

Athenian politician and naval strategist

Alcibiades and Timon

Alcibiades

Athenian politician and general

Cimon

Greek statesman and general

Miltiades the Younger

Athenian general

Theramenes

Greek politician and general

Hyperides

Greek politician

Antiphon

Greek writer and statesman

aeschines

Aeschines

Greek orator

Aristides The Just

Aristides The Just

Greek statesman

Megacles

Athenian statesman [flourished mid-6th century BCE]

Nicias

Greek general

Lycurgus

Athenian statesman

“Phocion,” marble statue in the Vatican Museum, Rome

Phocion

Greek statesman