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Paralus and Xanthippus (Gr. Πάραλος and Ξάνθιππος) were the two legitimate sons of Pericles, Xanthippus being the older one and Paralus the younger, and hence members of the Alcmaeonid family.
Xanthippus (/ z æ n ˈ θ ɪ p ə s /; Greek: Ξάνθιππος, pronounced [ksán.tʰip.pos]; c. 525 – 475 BC) was a wealthy Athenian politician and general during the early part of the 5th century BC.
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His father, Xanthippus, was a renowned military leader who played a crucial role in the Persian Wars, notably in the Battle of Mycale in 479 BCE. His mother, Agariste, was a member of the powerful and aristocratic Alcmaeonid family, which had a long history of political prominence in Athens.
Jan 4, 2020 · Known For: Leader of Athens. Also Known As: Perikles. Born: 495 B.C.E. Parents: Xanthippus, Agariste. Died: Athens, Greece, 429 B.C.E. Greek Sources About Pericles. What we know of Pericles comes from three main sources. The earliest is known as the Funeral Oration of Pericles.
Mar 23, 2020 · The disease, largely believed by modern scholars to have been either typhus or typhoid, even killed the great Athenian general and statesman Pericles, his wife, and their sons, Paralus and...
Xanthippus 2. The elder of the two legitimate sons of Pericles. For an account of him, as well as for the authorities, see PARALUS, the name of his younger brother.
His father, Xanthippus, a typical member of this generation, almost certainly of an old family, began his political career by a dynastic marriage into the controversial family of the Alcmaeonids. He soon left their political camp, probably on the question of relations with Persia, and took the… Read More
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