For which achievement is the athenian leader pericles celebrated? a. he amassed an army of 200,000 soldiers and defeated the spartans at thermopylae. b. he ran from marathon to athens without stopping to announce the victory over the persians. c. he rebuilt the shattered city into a great center of art, culture, and learning. d. he sowed the seeds of democracy by establishing a popularly-elected assembly.

A. He amassed an army of 200,000 soldiers and defeated the Spartans at Thermopylae

Explanation:

Pericles himself was a master orator. His speeches and elegies (as recorded and possibly interpreted by Thucydides) celebrate the greatness of a democratic Athens at its peak. The most famous among them is his “Funeral Oration,” a speech given after the first year of the Peloponnesian War to commemorate the war dead.

Pericles (roughly 495-429 BC) was an extremely influential statesman, orator, and general of ancient Athens. He organized the Athenian Empire and commanded his people in the Peloponnesian War against the rival Greek city of Sparta.

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