Answer:
a ruthless leader ostracized by the citizens of Athens
Explanation:
Pericles belonged to one of the noblest families of Athens, the Alcmeônidas. He was a man of strong character, sober, incorruptible and reserved. He was elected a quarterback (each of the ten magistrates of ancient Greece who made up a kind of executive power to take special care of military measures) without interruption, from 443 BC to 429 BC. But it is reported that from 460 BC, he had great ancestry over the city of Athens, thanks to the power of his oratory, his character and his political skill.
Pericles' authority was so great that the period of his rule came to be known as the Pericles Era. And the historian Thucydides states that under Pericles' leadership Athens, though a democracy, was in fact directed by its best citizen.
Pericles' political goal was to make Athens an ideal democracy, in which there was a balance between the interests of the state and the citizens. It also intended for Athens to exercise leadership over all of Greece.
For this reason, we can describe him as a leader who helped spread democracy, a sponsor of construction projects in Athens, an arts supporter, and an Athenian general elected to oversee the city's defenses.
