Ancient Greece Guide
... Draconian code was not fair to most citizens and the death penalty was a common punishment for many crimes. A lso, people who owed debts to the aristocrats and could not pay were enslaved or exiled. In the next 20 or 30 years, most of our poorer fellow citizens were not able to pay their debts to th ...
... Draconian code was not fair to most citizens and the death penalty was a common punishment for many crimes. A lso, people who owed debts to the aristocrats and could not pay were enslaved or exiled. In the next 20 or 30 years, most of our poorer fellow citizens were not able to pay their debts to th ...
Pericles` Funeral Oration
... Again, in questions of general good feeling there is a great contrast between us and most other people. We make friends by doing good to others, not be receiving good from them. This makes our friendship all the more reliable, since we want to keep alive the gratitude of those who are in our debt by ...
... Again, in questions of general good feeling there is a great contrast between us and most other people. We make friends by doing good to others, not be receiving good from them. This makes our friendship all the more reliable, since we want to keep alive the gratitude of those who are in our debt by ...
Pericles In Praise of Athens (431 BC)
... …Before I praise the dead, I should like to point out those principles which have guided our rise to power and describe the institutions and way of life which have made our empire great. For I believe such thoughts are appropriate to the occasion and the citizens and foreigners gathered here may pro ...
... …Before I praise the dead, I should like to point out those principles which have guided our rise to power and describe the institutions and way of life which have made our empire great. For I believe such thoughts are appropriate to the occasion and the citizens and foreigners gathered here may pro ...
Text-Pericles Funeral Oration Vocabulary Questions Historical
... 3. Our city is an excellent place to live. We are lovers of the beautiful, yet we have simple tastes. We cultivate the mind without losing our manliness. We use our wealth for our needs, not for show. To be poor is no disgrace; the true disgrace is in doing nothing to avoid poverty. 4. An Athenian c ...
... 3. Our city is an excellent place to live. We are lovers of the beautiful, yet we have simple tastes. We cultivate the mind without losing our manliness. We use our wealth for our needs, not for show. To be poor is no disgrace; the true disgrace is in doing nothing to avoid poverty. 4. An Athenian c ...
Julie`s Thoughts on War and the Price of Hubris Juliana Paradise
... Bush’s America (which, it should not be forgotten, is “544,000 votes smaller than Al Gore’s America”3) should be this—is it happening in my name? We call ourselves ‘conservative’ when we wish to ‘conserve’ our freedom and security. And, in and of itself, pursuit of self-interest is not necessarily a ...
... Bush’s America (which, it should not be forgotten, is “544,000 votes smaller than Al Gore’s America”3) should be this—is it happening in my name? We call ourselves ‘conservative’ when we wish to ‘conserve’ our freedom and security. And, in and of itself, pursuit of self-interest is not necessarily a ...
Pericles` Funeral Oration (after 490 BCE)
... which by their valor they will have handed down from generation to generation, and we have received from them a free state. But if they were worthy of praise, still more were our fathers, who added to their inheritance, and after many a struggle transmitted to us their sons this great empire. And we ...
... which by their valor they will have handed down from generation to generation, and we have received from them a free state. But if they were worthy of praise, still more were our fathers, who added to their inheritance, and after many a struggle transmitted to us their sons this great empire. And we ...
Pericles` Funeral Oration
... social standing, advancement in public life falls to reputation for capacity, class considerations not being allowed to interfere with merit; nor again does poverty bar the way, if a man is able to serve the state, he is not hindered by the obscurity of his condition. The freedom which we enjoy in o ...
... social standing, advancement in public life falls to reputation for capacity, class considerations not being allowed to interfere with merit; nor again does poverty bar the way, if a man is able to serve the state, he is not hindered by the obscurity of his condition. The freedom which we enjoy in o ...
Pericles` Funeral Oration
... Nor are these the only points in which our city is worthy of admiration. We cultivate refinement without extravagance, and knowledge without effeminacy. Wealth we employ for use, not for show. We see the real disgrace of poverty not being poor, but in failing to struggle against it. Our public men h ...
... Nor are these the only points in which our city is worthy of admiration. We cultivate refinement without extravagance, and knowledge without effeminacy. Wealth we employ for use, not for show. We see the real disgrace of poverty not being poor, but in failing to struggle against it. Our public men h ...
Pericles` Funeral Oration
... others than imitators ourselves. The leaders of the city favor the many instead of the few; this is why it is called a democracy. If we look to the laws, they afford equal justice to all in their private differences; advancement in public life falls to reputation for capacity, class considerations n ...
... others than imitators ourselves. The leaders of the city favor the many instead of the few; this is why it is called a democracy. If we look to the laws, they afford equal justice to all in their private differences; advancement in public life falls to reputation for capacity, class considerations n ...
Viewpoint Activity: The Values of Sparta and Athens
... 3. Recognizing Ideologies From his speech and ...
... 3. Recognizing Ideologies From his speech and ...
Pericles` Funeral Oration
... give up their benefits not to speed up the process, but because of their confidence in freedom. In short, I say that as a city we are the school of Greece. While I doubt if the world can produce a man who, where he has only himself to depend upon, is equal to so many emergencies, and graced by so ha ...
... give up their benefits not to speed up the process, but because of their confidence in freedom. In short, I say that as a city we are the school of Greece. While I doubt if the world can produce a man who, where he has only himself to depend upon, is equal to so many emergencies, and graced by so ha ...
Analyzing Primary Sources: The Age of Pericles
... In 431 B.C., Pericles, a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the city's Golden Age—specifically, the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars, gave a funeral oration honoring soldiers who died in battle. His speech sheds light on how Athenians viewed thei ...
... In 431 B.C., Pericles, a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the city's Golden Age—specifically, the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars, gave a funeral oration honoring soldiers who died in battle. His speech sheds light on how Athenians viewed thei ...
Pericles Funeral Oration
... matter of privilege, but as a reward of ability; and poverty is no bar. ...
... matter of privilege, but as a reward of ability; and poverty is no bar. ...
Comparing the Government of
... 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. Let me say that our system ...
... 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. Let me say that our system ...
Pericles Speeches
... honor the soldiers who had been killed in battle. The following are excerpts from that speech: No other form of government rivals our own institutions. We have not copied the governments of our neighbors, but rather, have set an example for them. We are called a democracy because the power to makes ...
... honor the soldiers who had been killed in battle. The following are excerpts from that speech: No other form of government rivals our own institutions. We have not copied the governments of our neighbors, but rather, have set an example for them. We are called a democracy because the power to makes ...
Name: Period_________ Date:______ Score:______/25 Document
... “ Our constitution does not copy the laws of neighbouring states; we are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves. Its administration favours the many instead of the few; this is why it is called a democracy. If we look to the laws, they afford equal justice to all in their private differ ...
... “ Our constitution does not copy the laws of neighbouring states; we are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves. Its administration favours the many instead of the few; this is why it is called a democracy. If we look to the laws, they afford equal justice to all in their private differ ...
Excerpt of the “Funeral Oration” by Pericles As recorded by
... As recorded by Thucydides in the History of the Peloponnesian War ...
... As recorded by Thucydides in the History of the Peloponnesian War ...
Epictetus
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Epictetus (/ˌɛpɪkˈtiːtəs/; Greek: Ἐπίκτητος; A.D. c. 55 – 135) was a Greek speaking Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present day Pamukkale, Turkey), and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in north-western Greece for the rest of his life. His teachings were written down and published by his pupil Arrian in his Discourses.Epictetus taught that philosophy is a way of life and not just a theoretical discipline. To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control; we should accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. However, individuals are responsible for their own actions, which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline.