 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 430 BC, mauto eSparta akapamba Attica kechipiri, asi Pericles haana kutyisidzirwa uye akaramba kugadzirisa zano rake rekutanga. Asingadi kurwisana neuto reSpartan, akatungamirirazve uto rehondo kuti ripambe mhenderekedzo dzegungwa rePeloponnese, panguva ino achitora ngarava dzeAtene 100. Maererano naPlutarch, ngarava dzacho dzisati dzangobuda, kuora kwezuva kwakanga kwavhundutsa vashandi vacho, asi Pericles akashandisa ruzivo rwake rwezvinhu zvomuchadenga rwaakanga awana kuna Anaxagoras kuvanyaradza. Muchirimo chegore rimwe chetero denda rakapararirauye vakaparadza vaAtene. Kuzivikanwa chaiko kwechirwere chacho hakuna chokwadi; typhus kana kuti typhoid fivha inofungidzirwa, asi ikoku kwave kuri manyuko enharo huru. Chero zvazvingava, nhamo yeguta racho, yakakonzerwa nedenda racho, yakakonzera nyonganyonga itsva, uye Pericles akamanikidzwa kuzvidzivirira mumashoko okupedzisira anokurudzira, akarondedzerwa naThucydides. Uku kunorangarirwa kuva kutaura kunoshamisa, kuchiratidzira kunaka kwaPericles asiwo kuva kwake ane hasha pamusoro pokusaonga kwavanhu vomunyika yake. Kwenguva pfupi, akakwanisa kudzikamisa hasha dzevanhu uye kurarama nedutu, asi kuedza kwokupedzisira kwevavengi vake kuti vamuwisire pasi kwakakundikana; vakakwanisa kumubvisa pachigaro chaaiva nacho uye kumubhadharisa mari inofungidzirwa kuva pakati pematarenda 15 ne50. Mabhuku ekare anotaura nezvaCleon, munhu akanga achiri kusimukira uye aiva nesimba mune zvematongerwe enyika muAtene munguva yehondo, somupomeri wevanhu vose pakutongwa kwaPericles. 