Which of the following was an athenian political leader?
a) sophocles
b) sappho
c) pericles
d) homer
e) darius

Homer was a blind poet
darius was a persian king who met alexander the great
Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived.
Pericles was arguably the most prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens
Sappho was a Greek lyric poet,

i would guess pericles

the following best describes postwar era writers in their works:

progressive

many writers,authors,novelists,poets concentrated more on social art and social writing and stayed away from political writings.