This document is a speech that was written by was delivered by Pericles ( 495 BC - 429 BC) and later rewritten by Thucydides ( 360 BC - 395 BC). Pericles emphasized that Athenians put their wants aside in order to achieve the greater good of the entire city-state. The Athenians citizens worked for the greater good not because they were forced to like in other cities, but because “they wanted to out of their own desire and will”. They make friends not by receiving good from them, but rather doing good for them. Athenians obey closely with the laws set in place by public officials and what sets them apart from the civilizations is that before putting them in place the risks and consequences of those risks were assessed. Pericles also focuses
