Phidias' friendship with the Greek statesman Pericles, recording that enemies of Pericles tried to

attack him through Phidias - who was accused of stealing gold intended for the Parthenon's statue of
Athena, and of impiously portraying himself and Pericles on the shield of the
statue……..///////////////////////Teaching Alexander the Great gave Aristotle many opportunities and an
abundance of supplies. He established a library in the Lyceumwhich aided in the production of many
of his hundreds of books, which were written on papyrus scrolls.[6] The fact that Aristotle was a pupil
of Plato contributed to his former views of Platonism, but, following Plato's death, Aristotle immersed
himself in empiril studies and shifted from Platonism to empiricism Thucydides identifies himself as
an Athenian, telling us that his father's name was Olorus and that he was from the
Athenian deme of Halimous.[6] He survived the Plague of Athens[7] that killed Pericles and many other
Athenians. He also records that he owned gold mines at Scapte Hyle (literally "Dug Woodland"), a
coastal area in Thrace, opposite the island of Thasos……..[8]