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.
Andromachus (son of Achaeus) Andromachus (Greek: Aνδρoμαχoς , lived 3rd century BC) was an Anatolian nobleman of Greek Macedonian and Persian descent. Andromachus’ father was a wealthy nobleman who owned estates in Anatolia and his family had power in Anatolia with strong royal connections. Andromachus was the son of Achaeus. He had four siblings; one brother: Alexander and two sisters: Antiochis and Laodice II. He was the father of Achaeus and his sister Laodice II married her the Seleucid King Seleucus II Callinicus. and they were the parents of Antiochus III the Great.