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Whilst Cimon was employed in directing
the operations of the army against the ene-
mies of his country, the internal affairs of
Athens were beginning to assume a new as-
pect, and the fortunes of an individual seemed
to be rising on the ruins of public freedom.
Pericles. Pericles was of high extraction, the son of
Xanthippus, w ho conquered at My cale; among
his masters were Zeno and Anaxagoras, and
his acquirements soon did credit to their in-
structions. To great advantages of person he
united the most insinuating manners. He
studied to render himself popular by encou-
raging public spectacles and entertainments,
and obtained an influence over the republican
spirit of the citizens, which was little less than
monarchical. When Aristides was dead, The-
mistocles banished, and Cimon at a distance,
finding a strong support in the favour of the
people, he contrived to establish his authority
by the degradation of the Areopagus, of which
he was not a member, and rid himself of
a troublesome rival by procuring the banish-
ment of Cimon. During the Peloponnesian
war, which had been caused by the jealousy
Whilst Cimon was employed in directing
the operations of the army against the ene-
mies of his country, the internal affairs of
Athens were beginning to assume a new as-
pect, and the fortunes of an individual seemed
to be rising on the ruins of public freedom.
Pericles. Pericles was of high extraction, the son of
Xanthippus, w ho conquered at My cale; among
his masters were Zeno and Anaxagoras, and
his acquirements soon did credit to their in-
structions. To great advantages of person he
united the most insinuating manners. He
studied to render himself popular by encou-
raging public spectacles and entertainments,
and obtained an influence over the republican
spirit of the citizens, which was little less than
monarchical. When Aristides was dead, The-
mistocles banished, and Cimon at a distance,
finding a strong support in the favour of the
people, he contrived to establish his authority
by the degradation of the Areopagus, of which
he was not a member, and rid himself of
a troublesome rival by procuring the banish-
ment of Cimon. During the Peloponnesian
war, which had been caused by the jealousy