Pericles' Funeral Oration Pericles showcases his funeral speech in way to keep the virtue of Athens high. He has faith in his people and regularly through his speech he was keeping the Athenian people in the notion of proud to be Athenian. They were very much proud of their city and its culture. They had a great amount of respect for their brave warriors. The funeral oration was kept in accordance of a long tradition which had been followed since many years. This was to honor the warriors who had
Ancient Greece influenced western civilization through many ways, and as a result changed the way people lived and viewed their society in general. Some of the great influences of Ancient Greece included in the essay were; government, medicine, drama, and philosophers. Philosophers were also one of the great contributors that influenced western civilization because as a result of their discoveries it changed what we once believed in till this today. The role of the government varied throughout Athens
Compare and contrast the historical method of Thucydides with EITHER Herodotus OR Polybius. Thucydides and Herodotus are the original fathers of Greek Historiography and are considered the first two historians. Herodotus when compared to Thucydides the other Greek giant of historiography has been considered inferior by comparison. Both Thucydides and Herodotus discuss wars; Herodotus ‘The Histories” covers the Persian War wheresle Thucydides covers the “History of the Peloponnesian War”. This is