Since Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy, the ancient Greek statesman Pericles must be considered its father.

In 431, shortly after the Peloponnesian War had broken out, Pericles delivered his famous Funeral Oration to commemorate those troops who had already fallen in battle. Recorded, and probably ...

The less literary and more historically realistic reason may have been simpler: soldiers fought because their masters required it of them. The novelty of this oration is that it provides an answer ...

Pericles’ speech has also played an important role, as you would expect, in commemorating those who have died in war. It has been argued that Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address in 1863 was ...

Pericles' famous funeral oration shows how civic pride and historical awareness point toward the common good. Christopher M. England Jan 27, 2021 12:01 AM ...

A noted orator, Pericles stated in his famous Funeral Oration that Athenian citizens regard “a man who takes no interest in public affairs not as a harmless, but a useless character.” 3:56 ...

When Pericles gave his oration in 431 BCE, a long smoldering civil war in the Mediterranean had only just burst into flames. It was not, admittedly, a war that pitted Athenian against Athenian ...

Modern audiences know Pericles best for the funeral oration he delivered in 431 BC, which acclaimed author Steven Pressfield suggests may have “marked the pinnacle of Athens’ Golden Age.” ...

Athens: A History From Ancient Ideal to Modern City by Robin Waterfield Basic, 320 pp., $27.50 NEVER HAS A CITY been so identified with an idea, or an idea with a city, as Athens and democracy. By ...