What is "perikles"

Perikles or Pericles or Periklis is a Greek masculine given name.

Notable people with the given name include

• Perikles (circa 495-429 BC), Ancient Greek general
• Perikles Ioannidis (1881-1965), Greek admiral
• Perikles Kakousis (born 1879, date of death unknown), Greek weightlifter
• Perikles Pierrakos-Mavromichalis (19th century), Greek fencer

• Periklis Bousinakis, Greek footballer
• Periklis Dorkofikis, Greek basketball player
• Periklis Hristoforidis, Greek film actor
• Periklis Iakovakis, Greek hurdler
• Periklis Panagopoulos, Greek shipping magnate
• Periklis Papapostolou, Greek footballer

• Périclès Pantazis, Greek impressionist painter
• Pericles A. Sakellarios (1905-1985), Greek architect

Perikles may refer to:

• Pericles, also written Perikles, prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the city's Golden Age
• Perikles (name), common given name (also Pericles, Periklis)
• Perikles (band), a Swedish dansband

Perikles is a Swedish dansband that was established in 1974. Their biggest chart singles has been "Var ska vi sova i natt?", a cover of " Sarà perché ti amo". The band has released many albums that includes own songs and covers. Perikles also took part in Melodifestivalen 1994 with the song "Vill du resa till månen med mig?" in a bid to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994.