{"product_id":"pericles-spiral-notebook","title":"Pericles - Spiral Notebook","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome of history's sharpest minds filled notebooks obsessively. This one honors the statesman who turned Athens into the cradle of Western civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis spiral notebook features a bold portrait of Pericles, part of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/legendsketch.com\/collections\/great-minds-of-classical-greece\" title=\"Great Minds of Classical Greece\"\u003eGreat Minds of Classical Greece\u003c\/a\u003e collection. Built for everyday use - lectures, research, creative work, wherever serious thinking happens.\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\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCT FEATURES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e90gsm paper for a smooth, bleed-resistant writing experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetal spiral binding for flat, easy page turning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDocument pocket inside cover for notes and loose pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e118 ruled pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact 6\" x 8\" format\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"One Size","offer_id":47158606135463,"sku":"19015890723123253365","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2249\/5399\/files\/Pericles-spiral-notebook.jpg?v=1774059158","url":"https:\/\/legendsketch.com\/products\/pericles-spiral-notebook","provider":"LegendSketch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}