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    The sculpture “Athena Battling Alkyoneos” relates to social context by the artist representing the original battle, the Pergmene victory over the invading Gouls in the late 3rd century. There is a second, smaller and less well-preserved high relief frieze on the inner court walls which surround the actual fire altar on the upper level of the structure at the top of the stairs. They depict events from the life of Telephus, legendary founder of the city of Pergamon and son of the hero Heracles…

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    Pericles Speech Analysis

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    Pericles Vs. Obama Compare and Contrast Essay Throughout both Pericles’s and Obama’s speeches it is proven that they share multiple common themes, for example: both beloved leaders would constantly appeal to the audience, often complementing the military and their hard work done for the country. Although both speeches have many common themes they also have their differences. Some of which I will be talking about later on in the essay. In Pericles speech, Pericles’ Funeral Oration from the…

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    Pericles Funeral Oration

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    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…

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    The Pericles citizenship law, did more and affected the woman of Athens even more with negative appearance for them and made their life worse than before. All because of the Pericles citizenship law, it’s all started because Pericles and is motion of his own law. And that law was “that he had proposed a law that only those who could claim Athenian parentage on both sides could be counted as Athenian citizens . In other words, citizenship was no longer to be heredity purely on the male side,…

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    Essay On Pericles Play

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    Pericles Play Response On February 21, 2016 the Guthrie Theater did a production of the play Pericles written by William Shakespeare. As members of the audience found their seats, soft music began to play and the light became low. Within minutes the entire theater had become completely silent. For about the next four hours the audience was captivated by the emotion, excitement, and humor of a story about one man’s incredible life journey. At its core, the Pericles displays the trials and…

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    Pericles Speech Themes

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    country 's military. Getting the audience to turn from the despair of war at their front door and focus on how they themselves can fight to keep the freedoms of Athens. Pericles was able to create the first and most influential forms of Democracy. Athenian imperialism consisted of a radical democracy, where men, over the age the…

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    The Campaigns of Alexander the Great by Arrian is easily comparable to The Funeral Oration of Pericles by Thucydides since these two primary sources exemplify the maximum power of the pre-Roman leaders in antiquity. Alexander the Great and Pericles both had complete authority and admiration of their men, but both likewise encountered troubling periods amongst their men. In the case of Alexander, his kinsmen were far from home, and were questioning why they persisted to fight under, and with,…

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    The Funeral Oration of Pericles is a document which contains a funeral speech made by Pericles, a prominent Athenian politician. This speech was dictated, edited and transcribed by Thucydides, an Athenian historian and soldier in his written work, History of the Peloponnesian War. The speech was given at the end of the first year of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE) and Thucydides fought in the war and lived and therefore wrote his works during the time of Pericles. The speech was made to…

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    In this, Pericles alludes to the unique qualities of Athenian government and Athenians themselves, describing the people of Athens as caring for each other, being critical of their obedience to the state, and generally the most morally ethical compared to the citizens of the other poleis. Furthermore, Pericles denotes the Athenian state as sharing power across Athens’ entire citizenry, entailing complete equality.2 Due to the status of Pericles as an Athenian political leader…

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    The difference between the cripples’ speech in Lysias, Oration and the Socrates’ second speech in the Apology is what they are defending. In Oration, the cripple is defending his stipend. In Athens, Pericles provided a special assistance program for handicapped people (Kebric, p. 157). The cripple has been receiving assistance for majority of his life. He was accused by someone, who obviously taken a dislike to him, of accepting a stipend from the state when, it is charged, he is quite capable…

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