{"product_id":"pericles-hardcover-notebook","title":"Pericles - Hardcover Journal","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery great thinker kept notes. This one honors the statesman who built the blueprint for democratic civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis hardcover journal features a bold portrait of Pericles on the front cover and a biographical tribute on the back - the story of the man behind the art, printed where you'll see it every time you pick it up. Part of the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"Great Minds of Classical Greece\" href=\"https:\/\/legendsketch.com\/collections\/great-minds-of-classical-greece\"\u003eGreat Minds of Classical Greece\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e collection. Designed for the work of serious thinking - study sessions, research, reflection, the pursuit of ideas worth acting on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT PERICLES (c. 495–429 BC)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePericles didn't invent Athenian democracy. He perfected it - and in doing so presided over the most extraordinary flowering of human culture in the ancient world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring his thirty-year dominance of Athenian politics, he commissioned the Parthenon, funded the arts, strengthened the navy, and expanded democratic participation to a degree unprecedented in the ancient world. The Golden Age of Athens - the age of Sophocles, Socrates, Phidias, and Thucydides - unfolded under his leadership and patronage. He understood that a city's greatness was measured not just by its military power but by what it built, thought, and created.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was also a realist. His funeral oration, recorded by Thucydides, remains one of the most powerful defenses of democratic values ever delivered - a speech that Abraham Lincoln studied before writing the Gettysburg Address. When the Peloponnesian War came, he counseled patience and strategy over glory, knowing that Athens' long-term strength lay in its institutions rather than its battlefield victories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe died of plague in 429 BC, one of the earliest victims of the epidemic that would ravage Athens for years. The city he left behind had been transformed. The civilization he helped build has never entirely ended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCT FEATURES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover with matte laminate finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull wraparound portrait print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlexible casewrap binding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerforated pages for clean tear-out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e150 lined pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWipe clean gently with a dry cloth if needed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA tool for your ideas. A tribute to his.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"Journal","offer_id":47158608363687,"sku":"31470350054930392286","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2249\/5399\/files\/Pericles-hardcover-journal.jpg?v=1774058796","url":"https:\/\/legendsketch.com\/products\/pericles-hardcover-notebook","provider":"LegendSketch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}