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Who was the athenian general who gave the funeral oration for the men who died in the first year of the peloponnesian war?
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What is the the name of Pericles' famous speech?
Funeral Oration.
Why was pericles funeral oration so important to all athenians?
The funeral oration was important to them because it not only honored their dead (as was tradition) but he praised democracy, praised Athens, and encouraged the Athenians to fight bravely for their city.
What word was used ironically over and over again in antonys funeral oration?
Honourable.
Who was the historian who documented the funeral of oration of pericles and the history of war between Athens and Sparta?
Thucydides
Pericles Funeral Oration illustrates the importance ancient Athenians placed on individual participation in the what?
In the individual participation in the democracy
What is Pericles argument in his Funeral Oration?
That Athens had the resources necessary to defeat the Peloponnesian League and would win if the Athenians organised their empire and its resources, and kept their nerve.
What portions of Athenian democracy described in the Funeral Oration by Pericles are found in the Constitution of the US?
pericles died when the plague swept throug Athens and lost 2 sons
How did Pericles write the funeral oration if he was dead?
cause he DID
How many people have visited funeral oration?
lots
What is the the name of Pericles' famous speech?
Funeral Oration.
What is the main point in Pericles' funeral oration?
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.
What points were made in Pericles' funeral oration?
That they could win the war with the Peloponnesian League which he had precipitated, and that the widows of the war dead should stop mourning, and he undertook the state would help with the raising of the children of the war dead.
What did Pericless funeral oration remind Athenian citizens?
He told the widows to end their grief, that the children of dead soldier would be cared for by the state, and that Athens would win the war which he had started (27 years later, it lost the war).
press: Antony's funeral oration impressed the Romans?
deeply marked
What was Pericles speech?
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.
What is a funeral oration?
A funeral oration is a speech given at a funeral. It usually gives a sundry of the persons good traits, his life history, his social standing and education and so on. It may also be called a eulogy (a word which comes from the Latin - speaking well (of the dead)).
Why was pericles funeral oration so important to all athenians?
The funeral oration was important to them because it not only honored their dead (as was tradition) but he praised democracy, praised Athens, and encouraged the Athenians to fight bravely for their city.
