Pericles was much criticized by many for instituting salaries for
public officials. Up to that time, there was no such payment, which meant that only
rich people could afford to take such posts.
His critics said that he was trying to bribe the masses, and that he was corrupting the constitution of Kleisthenes
This was also the name of his son, who became a general in the
Athenian fleet and was one of the generals who were executed after the battle of
Arginusai