The speech, “Funeral Oration”, was a eulogy written in the winter of 431-430 B.C.E. by Pericles who was the Athenian leader. Pericles delivered this speech to the survivors of the fallen who lost their lives fighting in the Peloponnesian War. Between 431 BC and 404 BC, the Peloponnesian War was fought between the Peloponnesian League, led by the Spartans, and Delian League, led by the Athenians. Sparta feared that Athens was becoming too powerful, leaving them no choice but to invade, defeating Athens. need to be cited and explain more, also add thesis statement here.…
The Delian League forming an incredible empire would no doubt make it impossible for the Peloponnesians to siege Athens indefinitely, seeing as by 431, Athens fleet was now incomprehensibly large.31 Pericles’ involvement with the people and their lives was on personal level.32 After the battle of Marathon many had died.33 Pericles wrote a speech and delivered to the people out over crowds so that as many people as possible could hear him.34 The introduction of his speech reads as follows:35 Most of my predecessors in this place have commended him who made…
1. Euthyphro is appearing at the court because he is going to prosecute his father for the murder of one of his servants. 2. In the event of 4b-4e, Euthyphro and Socrates are discussing a case of Euthyphro’s father.…
HIST 1200: Essay 2 Ancient leaders all over the world thought very highly of themselves and they wanted to portray themselves in the best light to the people. They often disguised the reality of their actions by making claims that could be classified as “half-truths”. These claims were not necessarily false, but they stated them in ways that made them look like positive rulers. It would not make sense for the ancient leaders to lie to their people in order to make themselves look better because then they would lose their credibility if the truth leaked.…
We see a marked contrast in the descriptions in 2.52.2-4 of men who were shameless in their deeds and reckless in openly seeking self-indulgent pleasure. In 2.44 Pericles praises those who met brave, honorable death on the battlefield while in 2.52-53 Thucydides speaks of temples filled with the dead left unburied or burned shamelessly on stolen funeral pyres. From this it is clear that Thucydides meant for the oration, the epidemic and the degradation of Athens were meant to be read together. He used the juxtaposition to contrast the lofty ideals of the funeral oration with the pestilence that hit Athens and the degradation of the city that followed. In doing so he created images that resonated with legends in Greek literature to make a point:…
The Pericles Funeral Oration influenced the United States Bill of Rights. Pericles delivered his famous speech during the Peloponnesian War. His purpose for the speech was to honor the fallen soldiers and to inspire the people of Athens to keep on fighting. The principles for the Funeral Oration that influenced the United States Bill of Rights are personal freedom, rule by majority, and the right to get ahead through ability rather than social class.…
Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” was presented in 1863 while Pericles’ “Funeral Oration” was given in 431 BCE. The former was written to close a ceremony dedicating the old battlefield to the fallen soldiers while the latter was presented in a public funeral tradition to honor the dead. Pericles’ Funeral Oration and Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address compare and contrast in terms of historical context, themes, and rhetorical features. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and Pericles’ Funeral Oration did share a variety of similar historical contexts, despite the large time frame separating the speeches. Each speech was given after a battle to honor the dead.…
Dilan Mustafa Hama Dr. Joy 13-00239 Lysias's and Socrates First Speech In ancient Greek, there were different believe and ideas about the love and soul that made a calm conflict between the two philosophies. Lysias’s speech talked about the preparation of a sexual connection between an old man and a young boy that these types of relationships were often avoided in the community, and Pederasty did not affect the relationship with females. Also, the boy and old man could get married after when they want.…
Pericles opposed Cimon’s ideas of the Delian League and wanted to change the mentality of the Athenians. He was a powerful speaker and promoter of Athenian culture. Pericles strived to please his audience by serving as the strategos. The Athenians were fond of their leader and thought well of him because he provided jobs, food, and spoke well about Athens. But by uniting his city-state, Pericles he was quite degrading to the other fellow poleis’ .…
As it look that the King may never recover, the monarch rebel by refusing to take his medicine and throwing away anything he could get his hands on. During nights, “he was almost unmanageable, and pages had to sit on him while he was tied to his bed. By day, he swore, uttering strange indecencies and ‘oaths which had never yet been heard from the lips’, begging his attendants to put an end to his miserable life. Moods of deep depression alternated with spasms of childish mischievousness in which he would get his pages to wheel him about the room or he would lie on his bed to ‘defend himself by gathering up his feet, and then darting them forward with violence against those who pressed against him’.”…
In the “Apology” Socrates is on trial for crimes he has not committed. Socrates ultimately does not fear death because of his innocence, he believes that death is not feared because it may be one of the greatest blessings of the soul. For a person such as Socrates that has lived virtuously there no reason for them to fear death. Socrates makes the argument that one should not fear death because only the gods know what is beyond death,because death could be a blessing. According to Socrates, “I had at the risk of death, like anyone else, remained at my post where those you had elected to command had ordered me, and then, when the god ordered me, as I thought and believed, to live the life as a philosopher, to examine myself and others,…
Socrates: Let me pose a situation to you, Pentheus; imagine there are people in a cave. These people have been there since childhood, with their bodies shackled so that they can only see that which is right in front of them. They are unable to turn their heads, and know no world except that which is in front of them. Pentheus: I can imagine this, of course.…
Socrates’s Argument on Death The topic of death frightens human beings for several reasons because of the speculation and the anxiety that surround death. Even though most people fear death, philosophers such as Socrates argue that there is no valid reason to fear death (Ahrensdorf 1995). According to 5Socrates, death is a blessing in the context of the relocation of the soul. Socrates avers that death is something that people should not fear and provide several arguments to validate his argument.…
“Pericles was anxious to acquire a style of speaking which, like a musical instrument, would harmonize with his manner of life and lofty spirit” At a young age, Pericles focused on his style of voice until he was at the point he thought was best. He was known to project his voice like the boom of thunder and spoke so well that he could convince almost anyone in the Assembly of anything. He knew how to work words to convince people he was right and how to speak his mind and yet change the attitudes of those around him. In “The Funeral Oration of Pericles,” Pericles demonstrates this ability. He took an…
He essentially thought that the democracy under the rule of Pericles would also be controlled however, Thucydides believed that without Pericles there would be total chaos. Regardless of Thucydides' position towards democracy, Pericles’ funeral oration promotes the idea of a democratic form of…