Biographical dossier

Pericles

Pericles is classified in the historical people index as POLITICIAN. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q80398
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q80398
Wikidata ID
Q80398
Occupation class
POLITICIAN
Life span
494 BC–429 BC
Birth anchor
Athens (494 BC)
Death anchor
Athens (429 BC)
HPI
88.20239022828908

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between 494 BC and 429 BC. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Athens (494 BC). Death: Athens (429 BC).

Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.

Historical role

The source assigns the broad occupation class POLITICIAN. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.

Source and identity method

Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 13.723165594102278.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?