Policital leadership of athens was passed to a decendant of what powerful and historically influential family?
Pericles Pericles ( ; Greek: Περικλῆς "Periklēs", ] in Classical Attic; c. 495 – 429 BC) was a prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during the Golden Age—specifically the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. He was descended, through his mother, from the powerful and historically influential Alcmaeonid family.
Menoeceus In Greek mythology, Menoeceus ( ; Greek: Μενοικεύς "Menoikeús" "strength of the house" derived from "menos" "strength" and "oicos" "house") was the name of two Theban characters. They are related by genealogy, the first being the grandfather of the second.