does anyone have any idea what the Funeral Oration of Pericles (from ancient greece) means??????????
arghhh please please help.
i have to write an essay on whether i find it true about athens or not
only real answers please i need this finished!
2006-09-20 11:33:59 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GREECE/PERICLES.HTM
At the end of the first year of war, the Athenians held, as was their custom, an elaborate funeral for all those killed in the war. The funeral oration over these dead was delivered by the brilliant and charismatic politician and general, Pericles, who perished a little bit later in the horrifying plague that decimated Athens the next year. The Funeral Oration is the classic statement of Athenian ideology, containing practically in full the patriotic sentiment felt by most Athenians.
2006-09-20 11:39:09 · answer #1 · answered by odu83 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/background/36_p1.html
Nothing anyone says about their country is 100% true. He was trying to rally his troops to fight after seeing their comrades fall in battle.
2006-09-20 11:45:36 · answer #2 · answered by Shintz62 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋