Pericles was the leader of Athens who built the Parthenon and led the city into its great war against Sparta. His speech:

We are beauty-lovers with a sense of economy, and wisdom-lovers without softness. (p. 233)

A century later, the implicit compact was stated more explicitly, from the Roman point of view, by Vergil:

Others will hammer out more finely bronze that breathes

(I do not doubt), will draw from marble faces live,

Will plead court case better, and use rod to measure out

The wanderings of the sky and constellations’ rise;

You, Roman, mind to rule peoples at your command

(these arts will be yours), to impose the way of peace,

To spare the conquered, and to battle down the proud. (p. 253)