Comparing Pericles’ Funeral Oration to Sogoyewapha ’s Appeal to the Preservation Culture After the Peloponnesian War‚ Pericles delivered an oration to celebrate the soldiers who had died in battle. Similarly‚ Sogoyewapha’s oration delivered at the council of chiefs of the Six Nations to celebrate their religion. Both orations give an understanding of the inner workings of government in ancient Athens and in the aboriginal nation. The approach that will be applied to analyze the orations will be
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- In “Pericles Funeral Oration”‚ the illustrious politician creatively uses the three artistic proofs when he eulogizes the Athenian government and the those fallen in the war. He speaks of the Athenian democracy as a shining beacon to the other poleis since it is no respecter of man‚ but seeks after what is fair‚ right‚ and just. “…class consideration not being allowed to interfere with merit; nor again does poverty bar the way…” (2.43). For it is at the cost of those who so gallantly gave their
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provides a unique insight into just how Athenian democracy understood itself. In the speech Pericles relates the special qualities of the Athenians‚ redefining many traditional Greek virtues in a radical new light. He also described Athens as a wonderful place to live & portrayed its citizens as tolerant‚ courageous and rightful. The speech is a glorification of Athens’ achievements‚ designed to stir the spirits of a state still at war. The idea that the Athenians are able to put aside their petty wants
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time in Athenian history known as ‘The Golden Age of Athens’ where he brought about or placed focus on certain things like art‚ which gave Athens the reputation as the cultural and educational centre of Ancient Greece‚ architecture‚ where he created a project to beautify the city and provide work for Athenians with most of its products like the Parthenon still surviving and giving us an idea of the glory of Athens. He also made valuable contributions to drama‚ the bringing about of democracy and the
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would often conflate monarchy with tyranny. The Athenians were subjected to the invasions of Darius and Xerxes of Persia‚ so it would make sense that they would hold animosity against these tyrants and their type of rule. Athens did have a monarchy at one point in history‚ however‚ before the democracy that they were so famous for. This monarchy was short lived‚ however‚ and soon after Athens was developed it evolved into an oligarchy. (Athenian
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Wallace-Hadrill. The Foundations of the Greek Polis: Political Culture 700-500. 11 Dec. 2007 <http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110tech/polisfoundations.html>. Nagle‚ D. Brendan. The Ancient World. 5th ed. Prentice Hall‚ 2001. Rymer‚ Eric. "Development of Democracy in Athens." History and Government of Ancient Greece. 2007. History Link 101. 11 Dec. 2007 <http://www.historylink102.com/greece3/democracy_athens.htm>. Sourvinou-Inwood‚ Christiane; cont. Buxton‚ Richard‚ ed. Oxford Readings in Greek Religion. New
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end of the Persian threat in 479 and the last third of the Fifth Century was the development of an Athenian Empire from the Delian League. What were the events connected with the origins of this empire? How did it develop over time? Is there a point at which we can speak of an empire as opposed to an alliance? Finally what sort of political situation did it produce in Greece? 3. Describe the Athenian constitution as it stood at about 440 B. C. What were the most important institutions and what were
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concept of democracy used in Athenian society is derived from the word Demos-Kratos‚ which translates to ‘power to the people’ they achieved this by‚ for example‚ giving people the power to vote on the operation and execution of legislations. This system is well known for its stability and strength which have allowed an outline for modern western politics. Powerful Athenian statesmen‚ Kleisthenes‚ who reigned from 508BC‚ and Pericles‚ who reigned from 461-429 BC‚ significantly developed Athenian democracy
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monarchy‚ oligarchy‚ and democracy. Democracy was developed in Athens‚ and at some point it started spreading to many other cities. Including non-Greek cities like Rome. One of the main ways they were similar was in their form of government. Both Greece and Rome had an assembly‚ where members were elected by the people. Rome was ruled by two consuls‚ who ruled for a year or were forced out of office. Greece was ruled by archons‚ who were elected annually. Athenian democracy was made up of three important
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Around the same time‚ a Golden Age was dawning on 5th century Athens. With Greece shifting into its Classical Period of art and the Parthenon rising from the site of a previously destroyed temple in 447 B.C.E‚ Pericles shaped a sublime Greek democracy. The Golden Age of Pericles included many key innovations such as flourishing art‚ astonishing architectural feats‚ and a revolutionary government. Despite the impeccable works of this time‚ prolonged peace and a steady government proved to be
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