Sources

Original sources are published by OCR in their Prescribed Source Booklet for Athens in the Age of Pericles, 462–429 BC.

Other sources can be found in:
Osborne, R. G. (ed.) Athenian Democracy (LACTOR 5; London: KCL, 2014)

Osborne, R. G. (ed.) Athenian Empire (LACTOR 1; London: KCL, 2000)

Sabben-Clare, J. P. and M. S. Warman, The Culture of Athens (LACTOR 12, 2nd edition; London: KCL, 1991)

Full texts

Free electronic versions can be found on the Perseus website.

Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution, trans. Peter John Rhodes (London, Penguin, 2004)
A very readable translation of a complex text, with a good introduction for teachers. 

Plutarch, The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives, trans. Ian Scott Kilvert (London, Penguin, 1973) or
Plutarch, Greek Lives, trans. Robin Waterfield (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998)
Both excellent translations, but like most translations both contain passages some GCSE readers may find challenging.

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, trans. Rex Warner (London, Penguin, 2000) or
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, trans. Martin Hammond (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)
Warner’s translation is a classic. Hammond’s translation, however, is more accessible for the general reader.

Books

Pericles

Martin, T. R. Pericles: A biography in context (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016)

Samons II, L. J. (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007)

Samons II, L. J. Pericles and the conquest of history (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016)

Tracy, S. V. Pericles: A Sourcebook and Reader (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009)

All texts are aimed at the undergraduate. Martin’s biography and the collection of articles in the Cambridge companion are an excellent starting point.

Athens

Blundell, S. Women in Classical Athens (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013) 

Camp, John M. The Archaeology of Athens (London: Yale, 2004)

Carey, C. Democracy in Classical Athens (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017)

Connolly, P, The Ancient City (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000)

Deighton, H. J. A day in the life of Ancient Athens (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 1995)

Powell, A. Athens and Sparta: Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 BC (London: Routledge, 3rd edition, 2016)

The above are all academic texts. Excellent starting points to improve your wider understanding of the topic.

Renshaw, J. In Search of the Greeks (2nd edition; London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015)
As James’ co-author I can say what he cannot. This is still the best and most accessible starting point for any GCSE learner wanting to gain an understanding of this fascinating period of History. 

Todd, S. C. Athens and Sparta (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 1996)

Source Analysis

Sorek, S. Ancient Historians: A Student Handbook (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2012)