Pericles Funeral Oration In the fifth century BCE the city of Athens was lead by a man named Pericles. Funerals after great battles were held as a public event where any citizen of Athens‚ stranger or relative to the fallen heroes‚ was invited to take place. A major difference between funerals in Athens and funerals held in present day is the fact that in Athens the cost of the funeral fell on the public rather than the family of the deceased. The fallen heroes are laid in a public sepulcher
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Funeral Oration of Pericles In the reading of the Funeral Oration of Pericles‚ I do not believe what Pericles says about Athens. I believe he made his speech to boost morale for his people and for the soldiers‚ and to keep the war going. In the Funeral Oration of Pericles‚ they were there to honor the fallen soldiers and to have a burial for them‚ but Pericles made it about the war. He used it to boost morale for the soldiers‚ to get them excited and to give them a reason to keep fighting
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people of Athens by Pericles. In Pericles’ Funeral Oration‚ Pericles’ praises the dead‚ describes how great Athens is‚ explains why Athens must continue to support the war‚ and tells why Athens must live up to the fallen soldiers of the Peloponnesian war. Pericles’ Funeral Oration tells us multiple things‚ the Funeral Oration gives historians a glimpse into what Athenians might have been feeling at the time. In a time of war a country’s moral‚ and spirits are down. In the text Pericles’ says “ What I
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Pericles was born in 495 BC into a wealthy political family. His learnings from his family members and his teachers influenced him in such a way that he became one of the most influential politician’s in the Greek world. He was also the reason why the Greek world reached the pinnacle of political power. Thucydides‚ his contemporary historian‚ acclaimed him as "the first citizen of Athens". Pericles father Xanthippus was born into a family of aristocrats where as Pericles mother Agariste was a member
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Pericles’ Funeral Oration Why do we fight wars if they just cause death and sorrow? This famous speech was written by Thucydides‚ but given by Pericles sometime during Athens’ Pelponnesian War. This kind of speech was generally given at a mass funeral‚ to honor many who had died fighting in the war. Typically‚ funeral speeches at that time were very somber and mournful‚ but Pericles changed that. In this speech‚ he created this idea of national pride and faith in society‚ by using many hopeful
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Pericles uses the speech of the Funeral Oration to promote Athens. He believed in his people and through this speech he was able to get the people to be proud to be Athenians. Athenians were very proud of their city and its customs. They had a great deal of respect for the warrior class and believed they were top members of their society. Warriors were classified as heroes. The funeral oration was to respect the ones who had died in battle or after battle to build this city into what it had become
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In my opinion the Gettysburg Address is a brief summary of Pericles speech. They both talk about the people who have died and how honorable it was to have done so. The also both start off speaking of those who came before them‚ and how they have inspired present day situations. "I shall begin with our ancestors: it is both just and proper that they should have the honor of the first mention on an occasion like the present." (Pericles "Funeral Oration") "Our fore fathers brought on this continent
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Pericles’ Funeral Oration: The Ignored Arrogance In a while after the Peloponnesian War had broken out‚ Pericles delivered his famous Funeral Oration to commemorate those troops who had already fallen in battle. Recorded‚ and probably rewritten by the historian Thucydides‚ it is one of the primary sources on which our understanding of ancient Athens is based and provides a unique insight into just how Athenian democracy understood itself. In the speech Pericles relates the special qualities of
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however because of radical democracy‚ the leadership of Aristides‚ Cimon and in particular Pericles and his aggressive imperial policy Athens had transformed the Delian League into the Athenian Empire. This essay will discuss how Athens became not only a member but leader of the Delian League; it will also examine Aristides‚ Cimon and Pericles fight for the right to set the direction of the League‚ Pericles’ foreign policy and finally Sparta’s response to Athens growing power. Athens willingly and
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Spartans besiege city of Athens. Plague kills many Athenians Pericles the great ruler died Spartans win in 404B.C. Never again was Greek unity bonded like that again. After all this happened Greeks were never the same they didn’t think that Sparta was going to set a plague on Athens. After they just helped them try to win a war against the Peloponnesians. His contemporary historian‚ acclaimed him as "the first citizen of Athens". Pericles turned the Dalian League into an Athenian empire and led his
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