Periclean

[ per-i-klee-uh n ]

/ ˌpɛr ɪˈkli ən /

of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.

Origin of Periclean

First recorded in 1815–25; Pericle(s) + -an

The practice of torturing witnesses in court was common in Periclean Athens.

A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution |C. M. Williams
But, if the western room of the Periclean temple was the opisthodomos, where was the proper?

The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 |Various
Despite many unlikenesses, the nineteenth century was strangely reminiscent of the Periclean age.

The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy |Theodore Lothrop Stoddard
Compare the famous Periclean definition of womanly virtue, which is “not to be talked about for good or for evil among men.”

Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 |Eileen Edna Power

You will have ample material; his oratory is not of the Periclean type.

The Works of Lucian of Samosata, v. 4 |Lucian of Samosata

Periclean

/ (ˌpɛrɪˈkliːən) /

of or relating to Pericles or to the period when Athens was the intellectual and artistic leader of the Greek city-states