Editing Pericles (section)

=== Legacy ===
[[File:Akropolis by Leo von Klenze.jpg|thumb|300px|''The Acropolis at Athens'' (1846) by [[Leo von Klenze]]]]

Pericles' most visible legacy can be found in the literary and artistic works of the Golden Age, much of which survive to this day. The [[Acropolis of Athens|Acropolis]], though in ruins, still stands and is a symbol of modern Athens. Paparrigopoulos wrote that these masterpieces are "sufficient to render the name of Greece immortal in our world".<ref name="Pap" />

In politics, Victor L. Ehrenberg argues that a basic element of Pericles' legacy is Athenian imperialism, which denies true democracy and freedom to the people of all but the ruling state.<ref name="Ehren332">V. L. Ehrenberg, ''From Solon to Socrates'', 332</ref> The promotion of such an arrogant imperialism is said to have ruined Athens.<ref name="Starr">C.G. Starr, ''A History of the Ancient World'', 306</ref> Pericles and his "expansionary" policies have been at the center of arguments promoting democracy in oppressed countries.<ref>V.D. Hanson, ''Peloponnesian War'', 584</ref><ref>L. Miller, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00E0D6123EF932A15750C0A9629C8B63 My Favorite War]</ref>

Other analysts maintain an Athenian humanism illustrated in the Golden Age.<ref name="Power">E.J. Power, ''A Legacy of Learning'', 52</ref><ref name="Popper">Karl Popper, ''The Open Society and Its Enemies''</ref> The freedom of expression is regarded as the lasting legacy deriving from this period.<ref name="Katula18">R.A. Katula, ''A Synoptic History of Classical Rhetoric'', 18</ref> Pericles is lauded as "the [[ideal type]] of the perfect statesman in ancient Greece" and his Funeral Oration is nowadays synonymous with the struggle for participatory democracy and civic pride.<ref name="Pap" /><ref name="Mattson32">K. Mattson, ''Creating a Democratic Public'', 32</ref>

In 1932, botanist [[Albert Charles Smith]] published ''[[Periclesia]]'', a [[monotypic]] genus of [[flowering plant]]s from [[Ecuador]] belonging to the family [[Ericaceae]] and named after Pericles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Periclesia A.C.Sm. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295201-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

The exterior of the [[ETH Zurich University Archives]] has a wall painting with the face of Pericles, together with [[Homer]] and [[Aristotle]].