Pericles autem, felicissimis naturae incrementis sub Anaxagora praeceptore summo studio perpolitis instructus, liberis Athenarum cervicibus iugum servitutis imposuit: egit enim illam urbem et versavit arbitrio suo, cumque adversus voluntatem populi loqueretur, iucunda nihilo minus et popularis eius vox erat.
Pericles, equipped as he was with abundant natural advantages zealously polished under his teacher Anaxagoras, placed a yoke of slavery on the free necks of the Athenians. For he drove and turned that city just as he pleased, and when he spoke against the peoples wishes, his voice was none the less welcome and popular.
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