Word: periclean
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...sculptors of the Periclean Athens, of whom Phidias was the greatest, must all be studied in copies. Roman workers, little more than capable.artisans, copied bronze in marble, marble in bronze; statues in the round were copied in relief; the size was reduced, even the proportions altered. Only two works of Phidias have been surely recognized in copies-the Athena Parthenos and the Olympian Zeus...
...many of those sophisticates who prate about the perfect strength and grace of the Periclean Greeks have ever seen the Roth Brothers in their marvelous acrobatics, or the Aristpphanic clownings of those amusing tumblers, Fortunello and Cirillino? Or Bird Millman, the circus star who does incredible things? How many intellectuals who lament the passing of the pungent Yankee wit have thought of Will Rogers of the Follies as anything but a mountebank? Or Savoy and Brennan as aught but purveyors of laughter to the Babbittry...
...lecture dealt with the period in Athenian history from Aristophanes to Menander and sketched the literary transition from the fifth to the fourth centuries. As opposed to the Periclean age when man was the pre-eminent personage in Athenian life, woman now begins to occupy the place of prominence. Though the empire was destroyed, Athens still continued to be the capital of the literary life of the age. In her decadence Athens produced more than any other city in its prime. The age was essentially one of prose, reaching the zenith of its development in Plato. Menander produced remarkable comedies...