While reading the Funeral Oration made by Pericles‚ son of Xanthippus and a Athenian General‚ I realized that he made some statements about Athens that did not seem quite right‚ in fact down right boastful in certain places. So I did some research and found a few other sources that wrote about that same speech to include my history textbook to see if what I was reading/thinking was correct. My objective with this essay is to show three instances of the speech that Pericles exaggerated or flat
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Abdulaziz Alrediny History (Core 102) 06 – 05 – 2012 Professor: M. Swanson Funeral Oration by Pericles In the Aftermath of the Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta‚ Pericles‚ Athens’ general and statesmen‚ delivered a powerfully comforting eulogy to the polis of Athens‚ assuring the people that their city state is in good hands‚ and easing the pain of all the families and relatives of the deceased. He uses several rhetorical devices throughout his speech to gain a positive
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a person must also be censored about the words said. Pericles used the speech of the Funeral Oration to promote Athens as he sees it. He wants everyone to see it from inside and outside as well. Through Pericles’ speech‚ the people are reminded that the fallen did not die in vain‚ and there is much more to stand for being Athenian. The people from Athens were very proud of their city and their duties‚ regardless of the speech given by Pericles. Due to the awful causes‚ the content was very influential
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The Funeral Oration of Pericles and The Melian Dialogue are two primary sources that present us the true nature of Athens. The evidence from the two primary sources states to us that Athens are a people that don’t look upon others and that they only care about themselves. Surviving and making sure that their people history stay alive is Athens main agenda and they will stop at nothing to make sure they reach their goal. Athenians true nature is survival. Doing the war against Sparta‚ they held
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Peloponnesian war. Around 431 B.C. Thucydides documented a funeral oration delivered to the 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
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BCE)‚ a funeral service was given to honor the Athens who fought and served for their country’s empire. After the honorable service and burial‚ a leading citizen was chosen to deliver a memorial speech‚ and Pericles was elected. Pericles was a prominent and influential Greek orator and general of Athens during the period of the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. Pericles’ funeral oration is a well-known speech written by the historian‚ Thucydides. This speech acknowledges the ancient Athens and provides
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Plato’s Menexenus and pericles’ Funeral Oration In those two speeches we have learnt many things about interacting with foreign people understanding about others idea. Those two speeches are been available after the last year of Peloponnesian war. These encourage individuals to fight for their city and protect it. Those speech “Plato’s Menexenus pericles’ Funeral Oration” was published for Athens people because they had war with Persian at this time and those political and social speech encouraged
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Bobby J. Alexander Given the context of the speech‚ do you believe everything Pericles say’s about Athens in the Funeral Oration? Why or Why not. I feel that given the context of the speech‚ I would have to agree with what Pericles said in it to be true. First of all‚ I think that the way Pericles gives praise to his fallen comrades‚ couldn’t have been said any better. Of course maybe they were over exaggerated a little by the writer‚ but the way he spoke of them was as if he knew every
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Simer 9/27/06 Reaction Paper After reading both speeches I found that the purpose of Pericles’s speech was to honor the ancestors‚ the survivors‚ the ones who died for the country‚ and their families. It was also to speak of the goodness of Athens and reiterate how rewarding having a democracy is. The purpose of Lincoln’s speech was very similar. It was to dedicate a monument as the final resting place for those who have died in the civil war; it was also to reinforce the fact that there is
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