acamantis

Updated: May 4, 2025

Whether we take a right aim at our intended purpose, it is left to the reader to judge by what he shall find here. Pericles was of the tribe of Acamantis, and the township Cholargus, of the noblest birth both on his father's and mother's side.

Plutarch - The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch : being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls

Whether we take a right aim at our intended purpose, it is left to the reader to judge by what he shall here find. Pericles was of the tribe Acamantis, and the township Cholargus, of the noblest birth both on his father's and mother's side.

Plutarch - Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans

The tribe of Acamantis had the prytany, Phoenippus was secretary, Niciades chairman. Laches moved, in the name of the good luck of the Athenians, that they should conclude the armistice upon the terms agreed upon by the Lacedaemonians and the allies.

Thucydides - The History of the Peloponnesian War

Pericles was of the tribe Acamantis, and of the township of Cholargos, and was descended from the noblest families in Athens, on both his father's and mother's side.

- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 : (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era)