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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Plenty examples. First, we have Pericles, the man that this episode is dedicated to, Creator/{{Sophocles}}, the writer of Theatre/{{Antigone}}, Phidias, the famous sculptor played by Maestro himself, Creator/{{Socrates}}, Creator/{{Plato}}, Creator/{{Aristotle}}, Creator/{{Euripides}}, Miltiades, Aristides the Just, Themistocles, Cimon, Anaxagoras, Hippocrates, Herodotus, Thucidides, UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat, Protagoras and Alcibiades.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Plenty examples. First, we have Pericles, UsefulNotes/{{Pericles}}, the man that this episode is dedicated to, Creator/{{Sophocles}}, the writer of Theatre/{{Antigone}}, Phidias, the famous sculptor played by Maestro himself, Creator/{{Socrates}}, Creator/{{Plato}}, Creator/{{Aristotle}}, Creator/{{Euripides}}, Miltiades, Aristides the Just, Themistocles, Cimon, Anaxagoras, Hippocrates, Herodotus, Thucidides, UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat, Protagoras and Alcibiades.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Downplayed. Pericles may be leader of the Athenians and he wears an armour in all the scenes that he appears, but he is never seen fighting.
* BittersweetEnding: The episode ends by telling us that after Alexander the Great's expedition, the greek world came to a dark age, but made a comeback after 2,000 years.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Downplayed. Pericles may be leader of the Athenians and he wears an a suit of armour in all the scenes that he appears, but he is never seen fighting.
* BittersweetEnding: The episode ends by telling us that after Alexander the Great's expedition, death, the greek Greek world came to a dark age, but made a comeback after 2,000 years.


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*DoorSlamsYou: Happens to Pierre and the Pest, the latter being SquashedFlat, when they arrive at Pierrette's house.
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* BlueIsHeroic: Pierre and Pierrot wear armours with blue highlights when they are about to fight the Spartans.
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* AdaptationalModesty: Most paintings from Minoan Crete usually depicts women with long skirts and exposed breasts. Here, for obvious reasons, the breasts are covered.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Miltiades and Euripides were never ostracized. Though, in Miltiades' case, he was indeed put on a trial and was imprisoned, after a failed expedition.



* DirtyOldMan: At one point during the episode, a young merchant tries to sell a weakly athlete, but fails. He tries again, this time proposing a young girl. An old man immediately starts jumping up and down, while exclaiming that he will buy both of them.



-->'''Pericles''': A real democratic state must, without exceptions, serve the greater number, for each and all, equality before the law! It must avoid any form of individual egotism and protect the individual from opportunistic decisions!

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-->'''Pericles''': A real democratic state must, without exceptions, serve the greater number, for each and all, equality before the law! It must avoid any form of individual egotism and protect the individual from opportunistic decisions!decisions!
* SquashedFlat: Happens to The Pest, when he knocks Pierette's door and a servant, unaware that he was standing behind, opens it and squashes him as a result.
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* TheExile: In Athens, it's called ostracism and it's put into action whenever someone becomes dangerously powerful, such as in the case of Aristides the Just, Miltiades, Themistocles, Cimon and Alcibiades, or even for petty reasons, like with Phidias, Euripides, for his plays were smash hits, Thycidides and Anaxagoras, who said that the Earth is a ball at space and that the sun was a firing ball.

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* TheExile: In Athens, it's called ostracism and it's put into action whenever someone becomes dangerously powerful, such as in the case of Aristides the Just, Miltiades, Themistocles, Cimon and Alcibiades, or even for petty reasons, like with Phidias, Euripides, for his plays were smash hits, Thycidides Thucidides and Anaxagoras, who said that the Earth is a ball at space and that the sun was a firing ball.



** Creon, a character from Sophocles' play ''"Antihone"'', says that, as long as he is alive, he will forbid any woman of having a saying. This statement is received with "boos" from the audience.

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** Creon, a character from Sophocles' play ''"Antihone"'', ''"Antigone"'', says that, as long as he is alive, he will forbid any woman of having a saying. This statement is received with "boos" from the audience.



* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Plenty examples. First, we have Pericles, the man that this episode is dedicated to, Creator/{{Sophocles}}, the writer of Theatre/{{Antigone}}, Phidias, the famous sculptor played by Maestro himself, Creator/{{Socrates}}, Creator/{{Plato}}, Creator/{{Aristotle}}, Creator/{{Euripides}}, Miltiades, Aristides the Just, Themistocles, Cimon, Anaxagoras, Hippocrates, Herodotus, Thycidides, UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat, Protagoras and Alcibiades.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Plenty examples. First, we have Pericles, the man that this episode is dedicated to, Creator/{{Sophocles}}, the writer of Theatre/{{Antigone}}, Phidias, the famous sculptor played by Maestro himself, Creator/{{Socrates}}, Creator/{{Plato}}, Creator/{{Aristotle}}, Creator/{{Euripides}}, Miltiades, Aristides the Just, Themistocles, Cimon, Anaxagoras, Hippocrates, Herodotus, Thycidides, Thucidides, UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat, Protagoras and Alcibiades.
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-->'''Pericles''': A real democratic state must, without exceptions, serve the greater number, for each and all, equality before the law! It must avoid any form of individual egotism and protect the individual from opportunist decisions!

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-->'''Pericles''': A real democratic state must, without exceptions, serve the greater number, for each and all, equality before the law! It must avoid any form of individual egotism and protect the individual from opportunist opportunistic decisions!



-->'''Pericles''': A real democratic state must, without exceptions, serve the greater number, for each and all, equality before the law! It must avoid any form of individual egotism and protect the individual from opportunist decisions!

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-->'''Pericles''': A real democratic state must, without exceptions, serve the greater number, for each and all, equality before the law! It must avoid any form of individual egotism and protect the individual from opportunist opportunistic decisions!

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* AthensAndSparta: This episode might focus mostly on Athens, but it showcases some aspects of the Spartan way of life, mainly to compare them to the much more peaceful and civilized Athens.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Downplayed. Pericles may be leader of the Athenians and he wears an armour in all the scenes that he appears, but he is never seen fighting.
* BittersweetEnding: The episode ends by telling us that after Alexander the Great's expedition, the greek world came to a dark age, but made a comeback after 2,000 years.
* BlueIsHeroic: Pierre and Pierrot wear armours with blue highlights when they are about to fight the Spartans.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Pericles' introduction as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure and a skilled and just leader is presented through this dialogue:
-->'''Pericles''': A real democratic state must, without exceptions, serve the greater number, for each and all, equality before the law! It must avoid any form of individual egotism and protect the individual from opportunist decisions!
** The moment Creator/{{Socrates}} appears, he attempts to have a philosophical conversation with Pierrot.
-->'''Socrates''':''(to Pierrot)''Tell me kid, what do you know?



* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Plenty examples. First, we have Pericles, the man that this episode is dedicated to, Creator/{{Sophocles}}, the writer of Theatre/{{Antigone}}, Phidias, the famous sculptor played by Maestro himself, Creator/{{Socrates}}, Creator/{{Plato}}, Creator/{{Aristotle}}, Creator/{{Euripides}}, Miltiades, Aristides the Just, Themistocles, Cimon, Anaxagoras, Hippocrates, Herodotus, Thycidides, Protagoras and Alcibiades.

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* HeManWomanHater:
** Creon, a character from Sophocles' play ''"Antihone"'', says that, as long as he is alive, he will forbid any woman of having a saying. This statement is received with "boos" from the audience.
** Pierette's father, who tells his daughter to go to her room the moment Pierre arrives, for a woman shall not participate in men's conversation.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Plenty examples. First, we have Pericles, the man that this episode is dedicated to, Creator/{{Sophocles}}, the writer of Theatre/{{Antigone}}, Phidias, the famous sculptor played by Maestro himself, Creator/{{Socrates}}, Creator/{{Plato}}, Creator/{{Aristotle}}, Creator/{{Euripides}}, Miltiades, Aristides the Just, Themistocles, Cimon, Anaxagoras, Hippocrates, Herodotus, Thycidides, UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat, Protagoras and Alcibiades.



-->'''Pericles''': A real democratic state must, without exceptions, serve the greater number, for each and all, equality before the law! It must avoid any form of individual egotism and protect the individual from opportune decisions!

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-->'''Pericles''': A real democratic state must, without exceptions, serve the greater number, for each and all, equality before the law! It must avoid any form of individual egotism and protect the individual from opportune opportunist decisions!

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Plenty examples. First, we have Pericles, the man that this episode is dedicated to, Creator/{{Sophocles}}, the writer of Theatre/{{Antigone}}, Phidias, the famous sculptor played by Maestro himself, Creator/{{Socrates}}, Creator/{{Plato}}, Creator/{{Aristotle}}, Creator/{{Euripides}}, Miltiades, Aristides the Just, Themistocles, Cimon, Anaxagoras, Hippocrates, Herodotus, Thycidides, Protagoras and Alcibiades.

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* TheExile: In Athens, it's called ostracism and it's put into action whenever someone becomes dangerously powerful, such as in the case of Aristides the Just, Miltiades, Themistocles, Cimon and Alcibiades, or even for petty reasons, like with Phidias, Euripides, for his plays were smash hits, Thycidides and Anaxagoras, who said that the Earth is a ball at space and that the sun was a firing ball.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Plenty examples. First, we have Pericles, the man that this episode is dedicated to, Creator/{{Sophocles}}, the writer of Theatre/{{Antigone}}, Phidias, the famous sculptor played by Maestro himself, Creator/{{Socrates}}, Creator/{{Plato}}, Creator/{{Aristotle}}, Creator/{{Euripides}}, Miltiades, Aristides the Just, Themistocles, Cimon, Anaxagoras, Hippocrates, Herodotus, Thycidides, Protagoras and Alcibiades.Alcibiades.
* ThePlague: A disastrous one hits Athens, resulting in the death of many Athenians, including Pericles.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Pericles is presented as such through his EstablishingCharacterMoment.
-->'''Pericles''': A real democratic state must, without exceptions, serve the greater number, for each and all, equality before the law! It must avoid any form of individual egotism and protect the individual from opportune decisions!
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Original French Title: ''Le siècle de Périclès''

Setting: 1,450 BC to 323 BC

Takes place in UsefulNotes/AncientGreece. Despite the title, this episode doesn't just focus on UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} of the 5th century BC, but also showcases [[TheSpartanWay life in Sparta]], and even going as far as the Minoan Civilization.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Plenty examples. First, we have Pericles, the man that this episode is dedicated to, Creator/{{Sophocles}}, the writer of Theatre/{{Antigone}}, Phidias, the famous sculptor played by Maestro himself, Creator/{{Socrates}}, Creator/{{Plato}}, Creator/{{Aristotle}}, Creator/{{Euripides}}, Miltiades, Aristides the Just, Themistocles, Cimon, Anaxagoras, Hippocrates, Herodotus, Thycidides, Protagoras and Alcibiades.

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