 Complete the following phrase:  Thucydides admired Pericles, approving of his power over the people and showing a marked distaste for the demagogues who followed him. He did not approve of the democratic commoners nor of the radical democracy that Pericles ushered in, but considered democracy acceptable when guided by a good leader. Thucydides presentation of events is generally even-handed; for example, he does not minimize the negative effect of his own failure at 