In traditional shock cases, this is generally the relieving of pain from injuries or the stopping of blood loss. In an acute stress reaction, this may be pulling a rescuer away from the emergency to calm down, or blocking the sight of an injured friend from a patient.
With this system, Pericles succeeded in keeping the courts full of jurors (Ath. Pol. 27.3), and in giving the people experience in public life. As Athens' ruler, he made the city the first and most important polis of the Greek world, acquiring a resplendent culture and democratic institutions.
Pericles (495â429 BCE, whose name means surrounded by glory) was a prominent statesman, famous orator, and general (in Greek 'Strategosâ) of Athens during the Golden Age of Athens. So profound was his influence that the period in which he led Athens has been called the 'Age of Periclesâ. This statesmanâs influence on Athenian society was so great that Thucydides, his contemporary admirer and historian, called him the first citizen of Athens. Pericles led the Delian League forward to form the Athenian empire and guided his countrymen during the first two years of the Peloponnesian Wars. Pericles promoted the arts, literature, and philosophy and gave free reign to some of the most inspired writers and thinkers of his time.