17 years na siya dre?
Pericles
cause he DID
Funeral Oration.
Pericles speech was called the Funeral Oration. He have this speech to honor Athenians who had died in the Peloponnesian War. It was the custom for the state to provide public burial for the war dead and to choose a man of "approved wisdom and eminent reputation" to give the eulogy.
Thucydides
Thucydides
The purpose of the funeral oration is not only to respect the departed, but also to instill the citizens' national pride and a passion to fight for Athens.
Pericles' funeral oration and Demosthenes' Philippics are famous pieces of oratory. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is another example of a famous speech.
pericles died when the plague swept throug Athens and lost 2 sons
Pericles .
Its a famous quote from Pericles' Funeral Oration