Do You Believe Everything Pericles Talk's About Athens In The Funeral Oration
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 single one. One could almost say that he spoke about them as a wife would about a husband or a father about a son. The reason why I believe everything Pericles said in the speech is that only an aristocrat could know such words at a funeral.
Pericles was credited with bringing Athens into the Golden Age. I think during Pericles speech he spoke of not being like other countries including their allies, because Athens was in deed a democracy which was governed by the people. Pericles was reelected to the post of general during has rain. In the funeral Oration Pericles spoke of his comrades and there military training as being far more superior to that of his enemies. In regards to education they think that they are among the best if not the best in educating their young. In the speech Pericles said “I do not now pity the parents of the dead who stand here; I would rather comfort them”. To me this sound like something a Christian would say at a funeral. The Athenian judicial system was at one time said to be democratic for its time. I think that the Golden Age of Athens would have lasted quite longer than it did if it were not for the plague during the Archidamian War. In conclusion, I think that everything Pericles said in the funeral Oration is true and I for one believe. Pericles speech spoke of not being like other countries including their allies. I think this was a great saying, in that it helped with the mind state of being greater than the rest.
Works Cited http://public.wsu.edu/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_1/pericles.html#2 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pericles-funeralspeech.asp
Civilization in the West – Primary Source Edition. Kishlansky, Mark/Geary, Patrick/O’Brien, Patricia. Longman. 7th edition
The Western Experience- volume one the Eighteenth Century, Mortimer Chambers, Theodore K. Rabb, Raymond Grew, Isser Woloch, Lisa Tiersten, 9th edition.
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 single one. One could almost say that he spoke about them as a wife would about a husband or a father about a son. The reason why I believe everything Pericles said in the speech is that only an aristocrat could know such words at a funeral.
Pericles was credited with bringing Athens into the Golden Age. I think during Pericles speech he spoke of not being like other countries including their allies, because Athens was in deed a democracy which was governed by the people. Pericles was reelected to the post of general during has rain. In the funeral Oration Pericles spoke of his comrades and there military training as being far more superior to that of his enemies. In regards to education they think that they are among the best if not the best in educating their young. In the speech Pericles said “I do not now pity the parents of the dead who stand here; I would rather comfort them”. To me this sound like something a Christian would say at a funeral. The Athenian judicial system was at one time said to be democratic for its time. I think that the Golden Age of Athens would have lasted quite longer than it did if it were not for the plague during the Archidamian War. In conclusion, I think that everything Pericles said in the funeral Oration is true and I for one believe. Pericles speech spoke of not being like other countries including their allies. I think this was a great saying, in that it helped with the mind state of being greater than the rest.
Works Cited http://public.wsu.edu/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_1/pericles.html#2 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pericles-funeralspeech.asp
Civilization in the West – Primary Source Edition. Kishlansky, Mark/Geary, Patrick/O’Brien, Patricia. Longman. 7th edition
The Western Experience- volume one the Eighteenth Century, Mortimer Chambers, Theodore K. Rabb, Raymond Grew, Isser Woloch, Lisa Tiersten, 9th edition.