the answer is that the south had little resources and the North had the lot
Answer:
Defended Athens against attacks from Sparta/Supported advances in art and culture
Explanation:
Pericles rose politically as leader of the Athens in 461 a.C., conducted Athenan armies in the two Wars of the Peloponese against Sparta and its allies, encouraged developments in art and culture that hired many people, helping on his popularity. But there were people (i.e. Socrates, Tucidides) who criticized him of being a "populist".