our own civilization. But it was one person by the name Pericles who changed it all. Nobody dominated Athenian political life during the Golden Age more than the statesman Pericles (495-429BCE)‚ who served nearly 30 years on the board of Ten Generals which was elected annually rather than the chosen by lot‚ and was the representative of the people. A privileged person by birth‚ he was still democracy’s strongest advocate. Later in Pericles career‚ he conveyed an intriguing speech honoring soldiers
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the Peloponnesian War; however‚ this paper will focus only on the failure of Athens to execute Pericles’s strategy. Athens lost the Peloponnesian War because of a failure to follow the strategy of Pericles‚ which ultimately led to reckless expeditions‚ ill-advised war decisions and loss of allies. Pericles was an Athenian politician and general during the time when tensions between Sparta and Athens were rapidly escalating. The two city-states were constantly feuding over interests and were unable
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that had been won‚ and were still armed and battle ready‚ holding fortresses across Greece. The interactions that these two city states made against‚ with‚ and without them were so intense that even the fierce kings‚ Leonidas of Sparta and King Pericles Cleon Nicias of Athens‚ fell to each other’s armies. Around 400 B.C.‚ King Leonidas of Sparta finally had enough of the Athenians acting like gods. He first tried to take a hold of his own state. He revised the government to
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that is war. When there is war‚ death usually is not too far behind‚ and when there are deaths there are funerals. One hundred fifty two years ago‚ Abraham Lincoln devised a speech known as the “Gettysburg Address.” After comparing the speech to “Pericles Funeral Oration”‚ one can infer that they are similar to each other for they both speak on the topics of fallen soldiers‚ war‚ and the affect it has upon their nation. In the “Gettysburg Address‚” Abraham Lincoln speaks on the deaths of the fallen
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Contributions from ancient Greece are still influencing our society today. The ancient Greeks improved our society with great inventions‚ ideas‚ and contributions to Western civilization. The Greeks’ contributions to Western civilization have shaped our society to be what it is today. Throughout the world‚ societies have been fashioned differently than the society would be if the Greeks had never existed because of the Greeks’ numerous contributions. However‚ the most distinct contributions to Western
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Andrea de Paramo Caracas‚ May‚ 2013 According to Thucydides (c.406/455-c.399 BCE)‚ Pericles the ancient Athenian leader was chosen to give a speech in the funerals of the firsts who had fallen in the Peloponnesian war; he decided to state the values of democracy in this occasion. According to Karpiel‚ F; Krull‚ K (2012) Athens was one of the first cities who had a democratic government and that is why Pericles used this occasion to compare Athens to other cities ruled by monarchies. Democracy
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Death Those who glitter with the glory of the hummingbird‚ meaning Death Marina was #29 in Eliot’s series of ”Ariel Poems‚” first published in September‚ 1930. It was based on the Jacobean play‚ Pericles‚ Prince of Tyre. Shakespeare is credited with the last acts of the play‚ the story of Pericles’ separation from‚ and reunion with‚ his daughter‚ Marina (most scholars believe the opening was composed by an inferior collaborator). The play however‚ was simply a catalyst for poem that lives a
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years before the Common Era. Two great speeches which prove that patriotism was just as alive two thousand years ago as it is today are "The Funeral Oration of Pericles" and President George W. Bush’s honorary speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Greeks‚ especially the Athenians‚ were extremely proud of their achievements. In Pericles’ funeral oration to the Athenians for the men who died in the Peloponnesian War‚ he stated‚ "I would have you day by day fix your eyes upon the greatness of
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This overcrowding soon led to the death of pericles‚ who was considered the greatest leader of Athens. Following the death of Pericles‚ there was a change in leadership and this change was swift from good leadership to bad leadership‚ and eventually to a crumble of the empire. Owing to the fact that Sparta was considered to be a land power‚ while Athens was considered to have naval power‚ Pericles did rely heavily on Athens naval power for protection and its ability to
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to our government is that Greece had the first known democracy. As seen in document 3 Pericles had a lot to do with democracy. Pericles had three main goals‚ to Strengthen Democracy‚ Hold strength in the empire‚ and to glorify Athens. Pericles said that he wanted all people to have an equal opportunity to serve the public. This period in time was known as the city’s “Golden age”. To strengthen democracy‚ Pericles increased the number of paid public officials. He also improved laws to be more equal
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